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    <p>Hiding the URL to the swf file might be quite a challenge but there are other things you can do if you're wanting to more closely protect the video/data being displayed by the swf.</p> <p>I'll run through a couple of ideas in the order I think them most obfuscated with the least first. Bare in mind that most of these techniques merely make it harder to get to the information/video rather than making it impossible to obtain.</p> <p>The main idea most sites tend to follow is that of having the swf as a player and the content in another file somewhere else, usually an flv or mp4 etc.</p> <p><strong>Add flv location through Javascript</strong></p> <p>This technique is as basic as it sounds. You have your swf player on the page and pass a new variable too it (such as 'file') with the location to the flv file using Javascript. If you're already loading your content with some kind of JS flash module then all the easier to begin implimenting.</p> <p><strong>Obfuscating flv location through XML</strong></p> <p>Another techniqe I've seen used quite recently is that of having an XML document as a paremeter to the swf player and then the flash player itself resolves the URL of the flv from a node in the XML. It's easy to get to the flv URL if you want to but it does make it that little bit harder.</p> <p><strong>Token access</strong></p> <p>This technique can be used in conjunction with any of the above two. You basically ensure that your flv files can only be accessed with the use of a special token otherwise the page returns a HTTP error. The token would be understood by the flash player and the server and upon the player making a request for the flv, a token must be included (usuallu the token itself is obfuscated in some way that it cannot be easily mimmicked through a simple GET request).</p> <p><strong>Domain access</strong></p> <p>Very similar to the above however in this case, the flv file will only be loaded when the requesting URL is a specific site. All other requests will be denied (such as directly hitting the flv location in your browser.</p> <p>As stated above, none of these methods make it impossible to get hold of your flash material. If it's on the web (or any network for that matter), it's possibly a target. You'll usually find for most things that making it harder to obtain will deter a lot of those who would otherwise have been privy to downloading your content.</p> <p><strong>Completely hiding the URL to the swf</strong></p> <p>If your only criteria is to hide the URL then hiding it behind a URL rewrite is the best option I can think of.</p> <p>Your swf might be at <code>/location/flash/player.swf?file=summer.flv</code> and then you could do a URL rewrite to something like <code>/vacations/summer2011/</code>.</p> <p>This way the URL to the swf is completely hidden away and this should satisfy your desire to hide the swf path.</p>
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