#11 add support for Flash clients

[Lee Harr]

Originally reported on Google Code with ID 21 ```

More info here:

http://bc-dev.net/projects/fmud/

http://bc-dev.net/2008/05/14/security-changes-in-flash-player-901240/

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Reported by hello.jay.araujo on 2009-01-20 20:53:58
Comments (5)

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``` It does not look to me like FMud is open source, even though it has an OSI approved license. I'm not really a big fan of flash either....

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Reported by `missive@hotmail.com` on 2009-01-23 21:36:53
    2009-01-23
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Well.. my reasoning here was that:

1) It can be a 5 min fix since it's just a matter of detecting the client is in Flash

and changing self.delimiter to '\0' instead of '\n'

2) Given the odds for MUDs these days, anything that helps lower the barrier to MUDs

these days would be worth a shot. If you think at who is going to try MUDs, many of

them are kids and having to dabble on install putty or having to decide on a Java Client in Windows (which many are proprietary and payed for, btw) that could be a hassle. Flash, on the other hand, is "just there" embedded in the web page. It's also

available and in the XBox I think and in some phones.

Ultimately, I try to think at commercial and open source technologies as being able to 'seed' each other as opposed to just compete or block out each other.

Under this perspective, if enough ppl are using FMud to play in a browser, that would

help encorage an open source enthusiast to create an open source version of it, which

is by no means ultra hard.

Just my personal way of seeing it, thou. ```

Reported by `hello.jay.araujo` on 2009-01-23 22:27:33
    2009-01-23
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``` Ah.... so you just want to fix TZMud to work with Fmud.

I see no problem with that.

I thought you wanted to include Fmud in the web interface.

If you can say how to detect those clients, I will apply the patch.

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Reported by `missive@hotmail.com` on 2009-01-24 00:00:28 - Status changed: `Accepted`
    2009-01-23
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I checked with the FMud developer and the delimiter thing will not be a problem.

So the only requirement should be to serve a security policy file in ways that meet the specific requirements enforced by the plugin.

Technical details can be found thru this link: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flashplayer/articles/fplayer9_security.html

But I'd keep this in ultra-low priority until someone is interested in running TZMud online. ```

Reported by `hello.jay.araujo` on 2009-01-28 00:28:31
    2009-01-27
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``` FYI, I've been using http://shellinabox.com to provide a web interface to MU*s. It is AJAX to the client, and the best solution for it so far (seems that web filters and such will accept this in cases where a similar solution in flash and java wouldn't be accepted...). ```

Reported by `mindboosternoori` on 2011-11-11 00:38:22
    2011-11-10