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4 # crossdomain.xml
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6 A cross-domain policy file is an XML document that grants a web client—such as
7 Adobe Flash Player, Adobe Reader, etc., permission to handle data across
8 multiple domains. When a client hosts content from a particular source domain
9 and that content makes requests directed towards a domain other than its own,
10 the remote domain would need to host a cross-domain policy file that grants
11 access to the source domain, allowing the client to continue with the
12 transaction. Policy files grant read access to data, permit a client to include
13 custom headers in cross-domain requests, and are also used with sockets to
14 grant permissions for socket-based connections.
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16 For full details, check out Adobe's article about the [cross-domain policy file
17 specification](http://www.adobe.com/devnet/articles/crossdomain_policy_file_spec.html)
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19 Read the [Cross-domain policy file
20 specification](http://learn.adobe.com/wiki/download/attachments/64389123/CrossDomain_PolicyFile_Specification.pdf?version=1)
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