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Does EZproxy support Flash?

April 26, 2017EZProxy Flash support

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Does EZproxy support Flash?

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EZproxy does not support Flash because EZproxy cannot rewrite embedded URLs inside a Flash file. This is pointed out on the EZproxy listserv (http://ls.suny.edu/read/messages?id=67085#67085). You may be able to get Flash to work by making sure there are no absolute pathnames in URLs, but we do not support Flash with EZproxy. There are similar problems with Java Applets and streaming media, therefore, we cannot support it. Unfortunately, this is a limitation of EZproxy and one that we do not expect to overcome. Proxying (in General) is possible because EZproxy acts like a simple web browser and faces the database. EZproxy then takes apart the whole html document and rewrites it so all the database links go back to EZproxy. When a user clicks a database link, the action goes to EZproxy and EZproxy presents the authenticated request to the database. If the link is hidden inside flash or a java application or a streaming video player EZproxy can’t do the rewrites. So if a user requests an