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Tae-Hwan · #15 10-25-2003, 09:47 PM

ok, you keep telling me that it's not possible.. but if it weren't possible then i'm sure geocities/angelfire/xanga/every virtual host/etc wouldn't be allowing it.

what if every .swf file was uploaded to a certain directory, and it was restricted access to all other areas of the server except for that one directory? it wouldn't be too hard to disable the GET function for all files in that directory, either.

so in that scenario, what could the flash file possibly do? it is unable to access any information or receive any information. all it does is play its movie.

you keep telling me that it's a security risk, but i want to know why. i want to know the mechanics behind it.

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