Does flash player use inbound rtmp connections

Question

so I'm using fiddler to monitor network traffic and I don't see any requests to port 80 while playing back FMS streams. And the same happens even when I block port 1935 inbound. So my question is this, does flash require port 1935 be open on the client machine's firewall inbound. Or can it playback and see live video with DVR functionality simply using outbound requests? If yes, then this is great news because it appears that windows 7 default firewall settings are to allow outbound requests on 1935.
But if not is there some tool I can use like fiddler to detect exactly what requests are being sent from the flash player and to which port.

Answer 1

Hi,
Though I did not get your question correctly, I will try to answer a few things that I understand. In case you are talking about Firewall restrictions on the client, asl long as your firewall does not restricts incoming RTMP packets from FMS you should be able to play the media. When you connect to FMS on port 1935, a socket connection is established between FMS on 1935 and a port on client which is essentially a TCP connection. Also when you need to play the media your Flash player security sandbox settings should also allow you to access the internet. Also check this page to get more information on ports and firewalls http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/164/tn_16499.html.Hope this helps.
Thanks,
Abhishek