Can an HTTPS served SWF file request non-secure HTTP content?

Question

Is there a way to have a SWF do cross-protocol (is that the right term?) HTTP requests when it is hosted in an HTTPS environment (via SSL)?

Answer 1

You have to specify cross https/http communication in your crossdomain.xml - see for example: http://www.senocular.com/pub/adobe/crossdomain/policyfiles.html#allow-access-from-secure