--- a/doc/crossdomain.md +++ b/doc/crossdomain.md @@ -1,1 +1,22 @@ +[HTML5 Boilerplate homepage](http://html5boilerplate.com) | [Documentation +table of contents](README.md) +# crossdomain.xml + +A cross-domain policy file is an XML document that grants a web client—such as +Adobe Flash Player, Adobe Reader, etc., permission to handle data across +multiple domains. When a client hosts content from a particular source domain +and that content makes requests directed towards a domain other than its own, +the remote domain would need to host a cross-domain policy file that grants +access to the source domain, allowing the client to continue with the +transaction. Policy files grant read access to data, permit a client to include +custom headers in cross-domain requests, and are also used with sockets to +grant permissions for socket-based connections. + +For full details, check out Adobe's article about the [cross-domain policy file +specification](http://www.adobe.com/devnet/articles/crossdomain_policy_file_spec.html) + +Read the [Cross-domain policy file +specification](http://learn.adobe.com/wiki/download/attachments/64389123/CrossDomain_PolicyFile_Specification.pdf?version=1) +- (PDF, 129 KB) +