Adobe Socket Policy File Server Problems

Question

Has anyone been able to successfully implement a service to serve the required socket policy file to FlashPlayer?

I am running the Python implementation of the servi

Answer 1

I've hit this a couple of times now, trying to use someone else's policy server, and writing my own. The elements that I've found that all need to be there:

• listen on socket 843.
• When receiving a new connection, read all data. Don't just send the policy on connect!
• optionally, you can test if the received data is a correct policy request, or just ignore it. I haven't seen a good reason to validate in my usage.
• send the xml with the trailing "\0" byte.
• close the socket!
• more than likely you need the secure="false" option in the allow-access-from section of the policy.