Last Modified
2012-06-28 15:21:23 +0200
Requires
  • socket
  • logger
  • ostruct
  • thread
  • timeout
  • getoptlong
  • rdoc/ri/ri_paths
  • rdoc/usage
  • etc

Description

Synopsis

flashpolicyd: Serve Adobe Flash Policy XML files to clients

Description

Server to serve up flash policy xml files for flash clients since player version 9,0,124,0. (Player 9 update 3)

See www.adobe.com/devnet/flashplayer/articles/fplayer9_security_04.html for more information, this needs to run as root since it should listen on port 843 which on a unix machine needs root to listen on that socket.

Signals

Usage

flashpolicyd [OPTIONS]

--help, -h:

Show Help

--verbose

Turns on verbose logging to log file - can also be turned on and off at runtime using -HUP signals

--xml

XML File to Serve to clients, read at startup only

--timeout, -t

If a request does not complete within this time, close the socket,
default is 10 seconds

--logfreq, -l

How often to log stats to log file, default 1800 seconds

--logfile

Where to write log lines too

--user

Drops privileges after binding to the socket to this user

--port

What port to listen on 843 by default

--no-daemonize

Avoid daemonizing and run in the foreground

Download and Further Information

Latest versions, installation documentation and other related info can be found at code.google.com/p/flashpolicyd

License

Released under the terms of the Apache 2 License, see the include COPYING file for full text of this license.

Author

R.I.Pienaar <rip@devco.net>