Problem with Firefox 10.0.2, Flash Player 11.1.102.62 and allowedHTMLdomains.txt

[samZas]

Hi all,

I have a Flash Media Streaming Server 4.0 running for more than a year now.

I protect the access to my server through the "allowedHTMLdomains.txt and allowedSWFdomains.txt feature"  (amongst other things...).

We noticed that with Firefox 10.0.2 (last version) and Flash Player 11.1.102.62 (last version) our customers can't connect anymore.

In the admin console we can read things like :

     Authentication failed for pageurl: http://my.domain.com, rejecting connection from XXX.XXXXXX.XXX

If i try from the same computer with another browser, i get

  Accepted a connection from IP:XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX, referrer: http://my.domain.com/myPlayer.swf, pageurl: http://my.domain.com/myWebPage.php

In the logs i have lines like that :

     --> connection error :

connect

session

2012-03-01

12:51:17

CET

XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX

XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX

6629

2

19

_defaultRoot_

_defaultVHost_

vod

_definst_

0

401

XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX

rtmpte(HTTP-1.1)

2

rtmpte://my.streamer.com/vod

rtmpte://my.streamer.com/vod

-

http://my.domain.com/myPlayer.swf

WIN 11,1,102,62

4702112566065840495

3073

3106

normal

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http://my.domain.com/myWebPage.php

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     --> connection successful:

connect

session

2012-03-01

14:31:20

CET

XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX

XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX

6629

2

19

_defaultRoot_

_defaultVHost_

vod

_definst_

0

200

XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX

rtmpte(HTTP-1.1)

2

rtmpte://my.streamer.com/vod

rtmpte://my.streamer.com/vod

-

http://my.domain.com/myPlayer.swf

WIN 11,1,102,62

4702113665527136624

3073

3073

normal

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http://my.domain.com/myWebPage.php

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I can't find any significant difference...

I didn't change anything in my configuration since the beginning, and the application was working without probleme with every version of Browser/FlashPlayer untill now.

I suppose this is a bug, from Firefox or FlashPLayer or FlashMediaServer.

Is there anyone from Adobe that could help me to solve this or "workaround" this, knowing that i must use the security features.

Thank you very much for your help!

Sam

[Guest]

It's a known bug. The latest version of FP is truncating referrers on Firefox. See here:

http://forums.adobe.com/message/4215318#4215318

[samZas]

OK JayCharles!

Thanks for your answer.

But i don't see any solution available. The bug is 2 weeks old now and it's a very important one.

Any clue about when this will be solved?

[Guest]

No, I couldn't begin to guess on the timeline for flashplayer bugfixes, but obviously, it won't happen until at least the next flashplayer update.

In the meantime, you should be able to work around it by limiting your allowedDomains to just domains, and not paths to pages or directories

[samZas]

Ok for the timeline.

For your workaround : it was already the case : i had only domains in my allowedDomains.

I'll have to turn off this feature, and after the update of the flash player, hope that not too many people will stuck to the old flash player version...

Thx for your help anyway!