How to Password Protect a stream

Regarding the content security of its clients, CASTNEST focuses on security secrecy, authenticity, and authorisation. We have given our clients several alternatives to place limits on their content to accomplish the required security concerns.

Let's go through the document below.

The stream control panel will appear after you create the stream. To edit an existing stream, go to the left main menu, select Live Streams, and select the stream to edit.

Please refer to the document if you have not yet created a stream.

• "How To Create a Stream using a Webcam."
• "How To Create a Stream using PUSH."
• "How To Create a Stream using PULL."
• "How To Create a Stream using SRT."

In edit mode, you will have access to the stream control panel. From this panel, you have multiple configurations for your stream.

Let's select the Security option from the left menu of the stream control panel.

Here you have four different options based on your selected package permissions.

• Password Protection
• Geo-Restriction
• Domain Control
• Secure Token
• Password Protection

• The main objective of this feature is to password-protect your stream for viewing. Only legitimate users having the password shared by you will be able to access the stream by entering the correct password. All other viewers trying to access the stream shall get the message "Content is Password Protected"!
• For the implementation, you need to click on the toggle button next to the phrase "Password Protection"!
• This toggle button will turn green, and an input box will open for your password input.

Enter the password you want to apply and click the "Save" button. On saving, a pop-up will appear on the right corner of the portal screen.

Your entered password will be visible for your future reference.

• Now your stream is password protected. You can test it by clicking on the "Player" option of the stream control panel.

Or, click the "Sharing" option and click on the player arrow icon to open the stream in the next window.

• In the new window, Castnest Player will open.
• You can share the password with the viewers you want to see your stream.
• If an illegitimate user tries to access the stream or a legitimate user enters the wrong password, the viewer will get           the response "Wrong Password"!

• After entering the correct password, Castnest Player will open, and the user can easily view the stream by clicking the "Play Button"!

Your stream is live now. In the on-stream control panel, you can use several options to manage the stream behaviour if you want to configure them.

Otherwise, you are good to go. Share the link with the audience with the password. You can grab the sharing link from the sharing menu option in the stream control panel. Click the copy button and share.

Let's see if it's time to open the shared link in the browser by clicking the share button. The player will open in the next browser window with an actual preview available for the users.

For any further questions, our team is always there to support you.