Re: [Gnash] flashblock

[Rob Savoye]

Ben Ford wrote:

> play button is clicked.  I think this would be a very cool feature to
> be included in Gnash itself, rather than having to be re-implemented

> I suppose this would mean config file parsing and all too . . .

  Config file parsing is not a problem. I've got a C++ class I wrote 
for another GNU project that's just for config files.

> Is anyone interested in such a feature?

  Well, what I'd rather see is an extension of Flash's security model 
in a way that all network connections off your machine go through some 
kind of check. The requested network connection could pop up a dialog 
box asking to confirm, or check a configurable blacklist/whitelist as 
well. This would accomplish the same thing, but would also be applied to 
the standalone player as well. I find all sorts of weird little things 
in flash movies to notify somebody that their movie has been played, so 
a feature like this would prevent that. Now I have to disassemble, 
remove the offending lines, and then reassemble it to a flash movie again.

  How much time do you have ? This sounds like an offer. :-)

        - rob -