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Various README files: Correct indentation levels, fix syntax and other small fixes
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2 labels:
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3 - 'Stage-Alpha'
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4 summary: Adds support for flash socket policy
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5 ...
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7 Introduction
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8 ============
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10 This Prosody plugin adds support for flash socket policies. When
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11 connecting with a flash client (from a webpage, not an exe) to prosody
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12 the flash client requests for an xml "file" on port 584 or the
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13 connecting port (5222 in the case of default xmpp). Responding on port
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14 584 is tricky because it requires root priviliges to set up a socket on
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15 a port \< 1024.
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17 This plugins filters the incomming data from the flash client. So when
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18 the client connects with prosody it immediately sends a xml request
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19 string (`<policy-file-request/>\0`). Prosody responds with a flash
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20 cross-domain-policy. See
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21 http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flashplayer/articles/socket\_policy\_files.html
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22 for more information.
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24 Usage
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25 =====
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27 Add "flash\_policy" to your modules\_enabled list.
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29 Configuration
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30 =============
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32 --------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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33 crossdomain\_file Optional. The path to a file containing an cross-domain-policy in xml format.
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34 crossdomain\_string Optional. A cross-domain-policy as string. Should include the xml declaration.
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37 Both configuration options are optional. If both are not specified a
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38 cross-domain-policy with "`<allow-access-from domain="*" />`" is used as
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39 default.
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41 Compatibility
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42 =============
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44 ----- -------
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45 0.7 Works
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48 Caveats/Todos/Bugs
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49 ==================
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51 - The assumption is made that the first packet received will always
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52 contain the policy request data, and all of it. This isn't robust
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53 against fragmentation, but on the other hand I highly doubt you'll
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54 be seeing that with such a small packet.
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55 - Only tested by me on a single server :)