# How can I protect my secure streams from being viewed /played on VLC

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/how-can-i-protect-my-secure-streams-from-being-viewed-played-on-vlc/41663>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [January 27, 2014, 12:10pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-can-i-protect-my-secure-streams-from-being-viewed-played-on-vlc/41663 "2014-01-27T12:10:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Michal\_Krmencik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@Michal\_Krmencik](https://community.wowza.com/u/Michal_Krmencik)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2014, 12:10pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-can-i-protect-my-secure-streams-from-being-viewed-played-on-vlc/41663/1 "2014-01-27T12:10:14Z")

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I’ve activated/installed the wowza secure token on a stream. So far it works. I can’t play the stream in a player without specifying the key in the HTML source code.

However, I can easily play the stream in VLC when I use the full rtsp or .m3u8 link.

Anyone have any experience on this? Is this a Wowza issue? Or VLC? How can I protect my secure streams from being played on VLC?

Any help would be appreciated.

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**Author:** ![sal\_jefferson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@sal\_jefferson](https://community.wowza.com/u/sal_jefferson)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2014, 7:33am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-can-i-protect-my-secure-streams-from-being-viewed-played-on-vlc/41663/2 "2014-01-27T07:33:13Z")

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In your Application.xml file set // to “digest”

Salvadore

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**Author:** ![Dorota\_Szafer-Kwasik](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/dorota_szafer-kwasik/32/1150_2.png) [@Dorota\_Szafer-Kwasik](https://community.wowza.com/u/Dorota_Szafer-Kwasik)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 10:49am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-can-i-protect-my-secure-streams-from-being-viewed-played-on-vlc/41663/3 "2021-01-20T10:49:45Z")

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Hi. I see - this is an old post… I didn’t understand. Enter “digest” … just where? Can you explain it more?