532364 - SWFObject 2.2 unable to call for images from the server

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 410904

(Core Graveyard :: File Handling, defect)

Description

[John Brown]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.1.5) Gecko/20091102 Firefox/3.5.5
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The web site in question is a picture gallery. I activated hotlink prevention in Cpanel.
I am using Flash SWFObject and a xml file that contains the location of the images.
Because I had hotlink prevention activated, it was preventing firefox and the embedded flash to call for the images.
The same set up works using Internet Explorer 7
I am using this script, http://www.flabell.com/flash/Fade-In-Fade-Out-Slideshow-282

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Obtain the latest version of SWFObject http://code.google.com/p/swfobject/ .
2.Create a html page, using the <object></object> to embed your flash.
3.Create a xml file for the location of the images.
4.Activate hotlink prevention in Cpanel.
Actual Results:  
The flash is embedded correctly, but no images are shown.

Expected Results:  
Once the hotlink prevention was turned off, the images are called for and shown as expected.

I am 99% sure this only happens when using the SWFObject set up.

Comment 1

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

You mean that the referer isn't send

Comment 2

[John Brown]

I don't think this is a duplicate bug of 410904.

For whatever reason, I think the security setup in Cpanel believes Firefox is trying to directly link to the files when it requests the resource(s).

This only happens when using SWFObject.

Comment 3

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

It's a 100% dupe, please do not reopen unless you can explain what else is wrong  if you don't think that the referer is missing. what you call hotlinking is usually a referer check.
Please explain it on the http öevel if you think that this feature in your software does something different