Flash Player 9.0.124.0

FYI, today there is a new release of the Flash Player (9.0.124.0) that is primarily a security update. I don’t think it will impact any of our applications, but I thought it worth mentioning in case you notice any of our more sophisticated applications acting strangely. If this were to have any impact at all, it would be the changes to the cross-domain policy file change.

One of my favorite Flash gurus, “Senocular,” summarizes the changes this way:

• The HTML parameter allowScriptAccess now defaults to sameDomain for ALL SWFs, not just SWFs published to version 8 and above (ho-hum)
• Custom headers provided by ActionScript now require explicit permission from a cross-domain policy file in order for the request to be sent to another domain (yikes)
• ALL socket connections (even same-domain) require socket-based policy files to successfully maintain a connection (yowza!)

For detailed information, check out Adobe’s article “Understanding Flash Player 9 April 2008 Security Update compatibility.”