External connection warning
8.2 Multimedia (legacy)
Multimedia poses a security risk because it could potentially change the document's appearance or
present security holes through multimedia players. There are two types of multimedia, and application
behavior varies with each type:
•
Legacy multimedia
: Any multimedia content which uses 3rd party multimedia plug-ins for playing
content is legacy multimedia. The Yellow Message Bar appears on playing the legacy multimedia.
•
Default supported multimedia
: Any multimedia content which uses the Authplay.dll for playing
content is defined as non-legacy multimedia. Files like .flv and h.264 encoded files play by default.
The Yellow Message Bar doesn't appear in the presence of these media types.
Changes across releases: Multimedia support
Version
Change
8.2 & 9.3
• Legacy multimedia support is disabled by default. For media types other than Flash,
support must be manually enabled.
• A non-intrusive Yellow Message Bar (YMB) that doesn't block workflows replaces
many of the modal dialogs. Depending on how the client is configured, the YMB
appears at the top of the document and offers the user to trust the document "once" or
"always."
Section 8 External Content Access
Application Security Guide
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Section 8 External Content Access