message meaning

[ahopeter]

occasionally when i do different things, like open my email account, i receive a message with this heading "Flash Player Debug Console"  the exact message is as follows                                                                         "*** Security Sandbox Violation ***
SecurityDomain 'http://us.f146.mail.yahoo.com/ym/ShowFolder?YY=52085&box=%40B%40Bulk&YN=1' tried to access incompatible context 'http://us.yimg.com/a/ya/yahoo_messenger/messenger_super2.swf?clickTAG=javascript:YADopenWindow(1)'"
thanks for any insight.

[mbaldw]

This site might be of some assistance to you: Broadband Reports forums

Cheers,
Marc.

EDIT: fixed link  ~Neon

[ahopeter]

i just went there...what does that website provide?  i couldnt find anything useful there?

[saoirse]

This is a security message, from Macromedia Flash Player.

It occurrs when a movie file posted on one domain, attempts to load data from another domain (IP address).  This is a built-in feature of Flash Player 6.  More information can be found at the sites below.

http://www.moock.org/asdg/technotes/crossDomainPolicyFiles/

http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/mx/flash/articles/fplayer_security.html

Regards.

saoirse

[mbaldw]

The link in the second reply posting takes you to a page about the problem on Macromedia's site!

Marc.

[ahopeter]

thanks everyone i just went to all three links, it looks like it is nothing dangerous... the last two links by saoirse were complete jibberish to me.  basically i was wondering whether it is harmful and if there is anyway to get rid of the message? thanks again.

[saoirse]

I'm sorry - the links do seem useless.

http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ts/documents/loadvars_security.htm

It isn't harmful.  It's a security measure and should be respected.

saoirse    

[Chandler]

I found the links very useful.  ahopeter, if you just read the first 3 or 4 paragraphs (on the moock link) it should make enough sense for you to understand it.