There are some really good responses to This Post that explain the reasons behind crossdomain.xml.
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, dos dedos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> thanks!
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> bwt, does anyone know what is the security scenario that promoted the introduction of the crossdomain requirement? it would be educating to know
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> Carson Hager [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You will need a crossdomain file.
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> From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of dos dedos
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> Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flex 2: about "potential" HTTPService timeout/security issues ...
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> Thanks for this clarifiaction on the timeout. I think I'll have to implement timeout to end the HTTPService request if there is no data being exchanged for xx number of seconds.
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> With respect to the potential security issue, I'd like to POST XML via HTTPService to a .cgi server running on a machine other than the one the Flex app is served from. Do I need to have a crossdomain.xml at either side? or am I free to interact with any server via HTTService?
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> Thanks!
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> dos
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> Dave Wolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The player is simply piggy backing on the HTTP stack of the browser.
> I think you will find in most cases the browser will detect the half
> dead socket when data is moving on the socket and generate an error
> HTTP status back. Things get a little harrier when you have an idle
> yet persistent connection.
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> This gets even more tricky if you are running a cluster of servers to
> support high availability, etc.
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> In any case, for what you are describing, I think you wont have to
> work on doing this yourself. It should be very easy to test.
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> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, dos dedos dosdedosmiamigos@ wrote:
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> > Relating to the potential timeout issue, I think most likely
> HTTPService doesn't timeout on its own....
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> > However, my Java application could crash and reboot so I would have
> to make sure HTTPService would time out if it's loses connection with
> the server... No idea how to do that yet ...
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> > Any clarifications would be greatly helpful!
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> > Thanks
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> > dos
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