How to secure Flash Media Streaming Server 3.5 (live stream connection)

I have Flash Media Streaming Server 3.5 (not Interactive) running on RHEL5.5 x86_64 Linux.
All is working well, however how do I prevent unauthorized access to connecting to the live stream and streaming content?
How can I setup the server to require a user and password to stream live media to the server?
Any help would be great, I am new to this product and I have been reading some documentation but I have not found a clear cut answer on how to force a username and password to connect to the server to stream live content only.
I am using the Adobe FMS Apache install, what files need changing?
I have the following files:
/opt/adobe/fms/applications/live
total 44
-rwxr-xr-x 1 fms fms 1035 Jul 27 14:52 allowedHTMLdomains.txt
-rwxr-xr-x 1 fms fms 992 Jul 27 14:52 allowedSWFdomains.txt
-rwxr-xr-x 1 fms fms 1550 Jul 27 14:52 Application.xml
-rwxr-xr-x 1 fms fms 4371 Jul 27 14:52 main.far
-rwxr-xr-x 1 fms fms 2292 Jul 27 14:52 readme.txt
I want to lock down a person from connecting to the server on the public internet and starting a live stream?
Can this be done with a user name and password?

If you are concerned about anyone starting publishing to your stream then we have security update on this. Please upgrade to 3.5.4 and now you can use FMS Authentication Add-in (used with FMLE as publisher). If you are facing problems with publisher which are not FMLE, please enable SWF Verification so that only valid SWF's connect to your FMS.
You can find 3.5.4 update here : http://www.adobe.com/support/flashmediaserver/downloads_updaters.html
You can find FMS Authentication Add-in on FMLE Download page: https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=fmle3 (when you click on Agree - it will prompt for your Adobe ID - then when you reach Download page - you will get Optional Download of Authentication Add-in)

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