Erlang Flash Policy File Server

###Erlang Server serving flash crossdomain policies on adobe standard port 843, intended for use in production environments.

• ####Building Server:

    ./build.sh
  

• ####Configure Policy File:

  Edit flashpolicy.xml and replace <allow-access-from domain="*" to-ports="123" /> port 123 with a comma separated list of ports your flash client should be allowed to connect at, and maybe replace the wildcard domain with the domain that serves your flash file.

• Starting Production Server:

    sudo ./policyserver start
    
  Notice: You must be __root__ to start the server because it binds by default to the __privileged port__ 843.
  

• ####Testing Server:

    perl -e 'printf "<policy-file-request/>%c",0' | nc 127.0.0.1 843
    
    # or
    
    ./policyserver test
  

• ####Reload Policy File:

  If you modified the flashpolicy.xml file, you can reload it during runtime using ./policyserver reload.

• ####Extended Server Configuration:

  The server can be configured in the env section of either the src/flashpolicy.app.src file or the ebin/flashpolicy.app file. If you edit the src/flashpolicy.app.src file you must run ./build.sh again, that will copy it to the ebin directory and overwrite the ebin/flashpolicy.app file. Changing the server configuration requires a server restart: ./policyserver stop && sudo ./policyserver start.

      {env, [
        {policy_file, "./flashpolicy.xml"},  %% string(): policyfile to serve
        {enable_logging, true},              %% boolean(): enable or disable logging
        {logfile_path, "./log/"},            %% string(): path to logfiles. must end with path separator '/'
        {listen_at_interface, any},          %% any | e.g. {192,168,0,2}: the ip address as tuple to bind at, or 'any' to listen at all interfaces
        {port, 843},                         %% integer(): the port to listen at
    
        {bind_also_at, []}                   %% [{interface(), port(), policy_file()}]: additional interfaces and ports to listen at, e.g [{any, 8080, "./otherPolicy.xml"}]
      ]}
  

  bind_also_at can be used to serve different policy files at different ports or interfaces.

• ####Logging:

  Logging can be enabled or disabled during runtime using ./policyserver enable-logging or ./policyserver disable-logging. The default logging directory is ./log.