diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ad293cc6..f41d66d3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ Features:
   * [Configuration](#configuration)
   * [Encryption](#encryption)
   * [Authentication](#authentication)
+  * [Encrypt the configuration](#encrypt-the-configuration)
   * [RTSP proxy mode](#rtsp-proxy-mode)
   * [Publish a webcam](#publish-a-webcam)
   * [Publish a Raspberry Pi Camera](#publish-a-raspberry-pi-camera)
@@ -217,6 +218,26 @@ paths:
 
 **WARNING**: enable encryption or use a VPN to ensure that no one is intercepting the credentials.
 
+### Encrypt the configuration
+
+The configuration file can be entirely encrypted for security purposes.
+
+An online encryption tool is [available here](https://play.golang.org/p/rX29jwObNe4).
+
+The encryption procedure is the following:
+
+1. NaCL's `crypto_secretbox` function is applied to the content of the configuration. NaCL is a cryptographic library available for [C/C++](https://nacl.cr.yp.to/secretbox.html), [Go](https://pkg.go.dev/golang.org/x/crypto/nacl/secretbox), [C#](https://github.com/somdoron/NaCl.net) and many other languages;
+
+2. The string is prefixed with the nonce;
+
+3. The string is encoded with base64.
+
+After performing the encryption, it's enough to put the base64-encoded result into the configuration file, and launch the server with the `RTSP_CONFKEY` variable:
+
+```
+RTSP_CONFKEY=mykey ./rtsp-simple-server
+```
+
 ### RTSP proxy mode
 
 _rtsp-simple-server_ is also a RTSP proxy, that is usually deployed in one of these scenarios:
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0b71839f..dcaf1466 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/kballard/go-shellquote v0.0.0-20180428030007-95032a82bc51
 	github.com/notedit/rtmp v0.0.2
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.6.1
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20201221181555-eec23a3978ad
 	gopkg.in/alecthomas/kingpin.v2 v2.2.6
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.8
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index fb656256..de5f99c1 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -29,8 +29,17 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0 h1:2E4SXV/wtOkTonXsotYi4li6zVWxYlZuYNCXe9XRJy
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0/go.mod h1:j7eGeouHqKxXV5pUuKE4zz7dFj8WfuZ+81PSLYec5m4=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.6.1 h1:hDPOHmpOpP40lSULcqw7IrRb/u7w6RpDC9399XyoNd0=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.6.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20201221181555-eec23a3978ad h1:DN0cp81fZ3njFcrLCytUHRSUkqBjfTo4Tx9RJTWs0EY=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20201221181555-eec23a3978ad/go.mod h1:jdWPYTVW3xRLrWPugEBEK3UY2ZEsg3UU495nc5E+M+I=
+golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190404232315-eb5bcb51f2a3/go.mod h1:t9HGtf8HONx5eT2rtn7q6eTqICYqUVnKs3thJo3Qplg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190215142949-d0b11bdaac8a/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20191005200804-aed5e4c7ecf9 h1:L2auWcuQIvxz9xSEqzESnV/QN/gNRXNApHi3fYwl2w0=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20191005200804-aed5e4c7ecf9/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20191026070338-33540a1f6037 h1:YyJpGZS1sBuBCzLAR1VEpK193GlqGZbnPFnPV/5Rsb4=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20191026070338-33540a1f6037/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
+golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201117132131-f5c789dd3221/go.mod h1:Nr5EML6q2oocZ2LXRh80K7BxOlk5/8JxuGnuhpl+muw=
+golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
 gopkg.in/alecthomas/kingpin.v2 v2.2.6 h1:jMFz6MfLP0/4fUyZle81rXUoxOBFi19VUFKVDOQfozc=
 gopkg.in/alecthomas/kingpin.v2 v2.2.6/go.mod h1:FMv+mEhP44yOT+4EoQTLFTRgOQ1FBLkstjWtayDeSgw=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+SDo693bJlVdllGtEeKM=
diff --git a/internal/conf/conf.go b/internal/conf/conf.go
index c57558e9..fff4332b 100644
--- a/internal/conf/conf.go
+++ b/internal/conf/conf.go
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 package conf
 
 import (
+	"encoding/base64"
 	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/aler9/gortsplib"
 	"github.com/aler9/gortsplib/pkg/headers"
+	"golang.org/x/crypto/nacl/secretbox"
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
 
 	"github.com/aler9/rtsp-simple-server/internal/confenv"
@@ -23,6 +26,25 @@ const (
 	EncryptionStrict
 )
 
+func decrypt(key string, byts []byte) ([]byte, error) {
+	enc, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(string(byts))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	var secretKey [32]byte
+	copy(secretKey[:], key)
+
+	var decryptNonce [24]byte
+	copy(decryptNonce[:], enc[:24])
+	decrypted, ok := secretbox.Open(nil, enc[24:], &decryptNonce, &secretKey)
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("decryption error")
+	}
+
+	return decrypted, nil
+}
+
 // Conf is the main program configuration.
 type Conf struct {
 	LogLevel              string                                `yaml:"logLevel"`
@@ -228,15 +250,21 @@ func Load(fpath string) (*Conf, bool, error) {
 			}
 		}
 
-		f, err := os.Open(fpath)
+		byts, err := ioutil.ReadFile(fpath)
 		if err != nil {
-			return false, err
+			return true, err
 		}
-		defer f.Close()
 
-		err = yaml.NewDecoder(f).Decode(conf)
+		if key, ok := os.LookupEnv("RTSP_CONFKEY"); ok {
+			byts, err = decrypt(key, byts)
+			if err != nil {
+				return true, err
+			}
+		}
+
+		err = yaml.Unmarshal(byts, conf)
 		if err != nil {
-			return false, err
+			return true, err
 		}
 
 		return true, nil
diff --git a/internal/conf/pathconf.go b/internal/conf/path.go
similarity index 90%
rename from internal/conf/pathconf.go
rename to internal/conf/path.go
index c36b7ece..7d7e0152 100644
--- a/internal/conf/pathconf.go
+++ b/internal/conf/path.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package conf
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"net"
 	"net/url"
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
@@ -12,9 +13,56 @@ import (
 	"github.com/aler9/gortsplib/pkg/base"
 )
 
+const userPassSupportedChars = "A-Z,0-9,!,$,(,),*,+,.,;,<,=,>,[,],^,_,-,{,}"
+
 var reUserPass = regexp.MustCompile(`^[a-zA-Z0-9!\$\(\)\*\+\.;<=>\[\]\^_\-\{\}]+$`)
 
-const userPassSupportedChars = "A-Z,0-9,!,$,(,),*,+,.,;,<,=,>,[,],^,_,-,{,}"
+var rePathName = regexp.MustCompile(`^[0-9a-zA-Z_\-/]+$`)
+
+func parseIPCidrList(in []string) ([]interface{}, error) {
+	if len(in) == 0 {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+
+	var ret []interface{}
+	for _, t := range in {
+		_, ipnet, err := net.ParseCIDR(t)
+		if err == nil {
+			ret = append(ret, ipnet)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		ip := net.ParseIP(t)
+		if ip != nil {
+			ret = append(ret, ip)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to parse ip/network '%s'", t)
+	}
+	return ret, nil
+}
+
+// CheckPathName checks if a path name is valid.
+func CheckPathName(name string) error {
+	if name == "" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("cannot be empty")
+	}
+
+	if name[0] == '/' {
+		return fmt.Errorf("can't begin with a slash")
+	}
+
+	if name[len(name)-1] == '/' {
+		return fmt.Errorf("can't end with a slash")
+	}
+
+	if !rePathName.MatchString(name) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("can contain only alfanumeric characters, underscore, minus or slash")
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
 
 // PathConf is a path configuration.
 type PathConf struct {
diff --git a/internal/conf/utils.go b/internal/conf/utils.go
deleted file mode 100644
index ce174b0a..00000000
--- a/internal/conf/utils.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-package conf
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"net"
-	"regexp"
-)
-
-var rePathName = regexp.MustCompile(`^[0-9a-zA-Z_\-/]+$`)
-
-// CheckPathName check if a path name is valid.
-func CheckPathName(name string) error {
-	if name == "" {
-		return fmt.Errorf("cannot be empty")
-	}
-
-	if name[0] == '/' {
-		return fmt.Errorf("can't begin with a slash")
-	}
-
-	if name[len(name)-1] == '/' {
-		return fmt.Errorf("can't end with a slash")
-	}
-
-	if !rePathName.MatchString(name) {
-		return fmt.Errorf("can contain only alfanumeric characters, underscore, minus or slash")
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
-func parseIPCidrList(in []string) ([]interface{}, error) {
-	if len(in) == 0 {
-		return nil, nil
-	}
-
-	var ret []interface{}
-	for _, t := range in {
-		_, ipnet, err := net.ParseCIDR(t)
-		if err == nil {
-			ret = append(ret, ipnet)
-			continue
-		}
-
-		ip := net.ParseIP(t)
-		if ip != nil {
-			ret = append(ret, ip)
-			continue
-		}
-
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to parse ip/network '%s'", t)
-	}
-	return ret, nil
-}
diff --git a/main_test.go b/main_test.go
index 2a2eb1fd..df0a86c1 100644
--- a/main_test.go
+++ b/main_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"crypto/rand"
+	"encoding/base64"
+	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net"
 	"os"
@@ -13,6 +16,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/aler9/gortsplib"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"golang.org/x/crypto/nacl/secretbox"
 
 	"github.com/aler9/rtsp-simple-server/internal/conf"
 )
@@ -245,6 +249,41 @@ func TestEnvironmentNoFile(t *testing.T) {
 	}, pa)
 }
 
+func TestEncryptedConf(t *testing.T) {
+	key := "testing123testin"
+	plaintext := `
+paths:
+  path1:
+  path2:
+`
+
+	encryptedConf := func() string {
+		var secretKey [32]byte
+		copy(secretKey[:], key[:])
+
+		var nonce [24]byte
+		if _, err := io.ReadFull(rand.Reader, nonce[:]); err != nil {
+			panic(err)
+		}
+
+		encrypted := secretbox.Seal(nonce[:], []byte(plaintext), &nonce, &secretKey)
+		return base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(encrypted)
+	}()
+
+	os.Setenv("RTSP_CONFKEY", key)
+	defer os.Unsetenv("RTSP_CONFKEY")
+
+	p, ok := testProgram(encryptedConf)
+	require.Equal(t, true, ok)
+	defer p.close()
+
+	_, ok = p.conf.Paths["path1"]
+	require.Equal(t, true, ok)
+
+	_, ok = p.conf.Paths["path2"]
+	require.Equal(t, true, ok)
+}
+
 var serverCert = []byte(`-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
 MIIDazCCAlOgAwIBAgIUXw1hEC3LFpTsllv7D3ARJyEq7sIwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEL
 BQAwRTELMAkGA1UEBhMCQVUxEzARBgNVBAgMClNvbWUtU3RhdGUxITAfBgNVBAoM