# Listener authentication

**URL:** <https://discourse.libretime.org/t/listener-authentication/281>\
**Category:** Get Help\
**Created:** [April 21, 2019, 5:58pm UTC](https://discourse.libretime.org/t/listener-authentication/281 "2019-04-21T17:58:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Simon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@Simon](https://discourse.libretime.org/u/Simon)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2019, 5:58pm UTC](https://discourse.libretime.org/t/listener-authentication/281/1 "2019-04-21T17:58:15Z")

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Hi,  
for testing purpose, I do not want my radio stream to be freely accessible to everyone on the internet but a restricted user group.  
Is there any way to implement any kind of listener authentication? I.e., the need to input username and / or password prior to accessing the stream / hearing anything?

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**Author:** ![robbt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.libretime.org/robbt/32/15_2.png) [@robbt](https://discourse.libretime.org/u/robbt)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2019, 6:09pm UTC](https://discourse.libretime.org/t/listener-authentication/281/2 "2019-04-21T18:09:25Z")

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> [@Simon](#):
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> Is there any way to implement any kind of listener authentication? I.e., the need to input username and / or password prior to accessing the stream / hearing anything?

So this feature does not currently exist for LibreTime but it could be done outside of the web interface by setting up Icecast authentication see this [link](https://icecast.org/docs/icecast-2.4.1/auth.html) for the docs on that.