ActionScript SmartFoxServer unable to connect - actionscript-3

Question

27.10.2014: I still really need help for this question.
My friend and I are trying to host a game through SmartFoxServer. He is hosting the server on his computer, and has successfully portforwarded the necessary port (9339) to his local IP. We have done everything in this guide. According to SmartFoxServer's feedback through the admin panel and the server terminal window, the hosting should be successful.
However, when trying to connect to his public IP, I get this error:
[WARN] Security Error: Error #2048: Security sandbox violation: file:
cannot load data from #IP#.
crossdomain.xml
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE cross-domain-policy SYSTEM "http://www.macromedia.com/xml/dtds/cross-domain-policy.dtd">
<cross-domain-policy>
<allow-access-from domain="*" t-ports="*" secure="false" />
</cross-domain-policy>
config.xml
<ServerSetup>
<ServerIP>10.0.0.8</ServerIP>
<ServerPort>9339</ServerPort>
<AutoSendPolicyFile>true</AutoSendPolicyFile>
<MaxUserIdleTime>300</MaxUserIdleTime>
<!-- Server Variables limits (-1 = unlimited) -->
<MaxRoomVars>-1</MaxRoomVars>
<MaxUserVars>-1</MaxUserVars>
<AntiFlood active="false">
<MinMsgTime tolerance="5">1000</MinMsgTime>
<MaxRepeatedMessages>3</MaxRepeatedMessages>
<WarningsBeforeKick>2</WarningsBeforeKick>
<WarningMessage><![CDATA[No flooding allowed!)]]></WarningMessage>
<KickMessage><![CDATA[You've been warned! No flooding! Now you're kicked]]></KickMessage>
<BanMessage><![CDATA[Stop Flooding!! You're being banned]]></BanMessage>
<BanAfter timeSpan="1">3</BanAfter>
</AntiFlood>
<BadWordsFilter active="false">
<FilterMode>filter</FilterMode> <!-- REMOVE or FILTER -->
<StripCharacters><![CDATA[,.;:_!$%&/#*-+]]></StripCharacters>
<Warnings>true</Warnings>
<FilterRoomNames>true</FilterRoomNames>
<FilterUserNames>true</FilterUserNames>
<WarningsBeforeKick>3</WarningsBeforeKick>
<WarningMessage><![CDATA[No swearing!)]]></WarningMessage>
<KickMessage><![CDATA[You've been warned! No Swearing! Now you're kicked]]></KickMessage>
<BanMessage><![CDATA[Stop Swearing! You're being banned!]]></BanMessage>
<BanAfter timeSpan="1">3</BanAfter>
<BadWordsList>
<badWord>motherfucker</badWord>
<badWord>dickhead</badWord>
<badWord>asshole</badWord>
<badWord>shithead</badWord>
<badWord>shit</badWord>
<badWord>fucking</badWord>
<badWord>fuck</badWord>
<badWord>dickhead</badWord>
<badWord>bastard</badWord>
<badWord>nigger</badWord>
<badWord>idiot</badWord>
<badWord>bitch</badWord>
</BadWordsList>
</BadWordsFilter>
<BanCleaning>auto</BanCleaning>
<BanDuration>1800</BanDuration> <!-- 30 min -->
<BannedLoginMessage>You have been banned!</BannedLoginMessage>
<OutQueueThreads>1</OutQueueThreads>
<ExtHandlerThreads>1</ExtHandlerThreads>
<MaxWriterQueue>50</MaxWriterQueue>
<MaxIncomingQueue>8000</MaxIncomingQueue>
<DeadChannelsPolicy>strict</DeadChannelsPolicy>
<MaxMsgLen>4096</MaxMsgLen>
<LogMaxSize>5000000</LogMaxSize>
<LogMaxFiles>5</LogMaxFiles>
<!--
Available options are:
FINEST
FINER
FINE
CONFIG
INFO
WARNING
SEVERE
-->
<FileLoggingLevel>WARNING</FileLoggingLevel>
<ConsoleLoggingLevel>INFO</ConsoleLoggingLevel>
<AdminLogin>sfs_admin</AdminLogin>
<AdminPassword>sfs_pass</AdminPassword>
<AdminAllowedAddresses>
<AllowedAddress>*.*.*.*</AllowedAddress>
</AdminAllowedAddresses>
<IpFilter>0</IpFilter>
<!-- Enable / Disable remote zone info -->
<EnableZoneInfo>false</EnableZoneInfo>
</ServerSetup>
<!--
Zones Configuration.
-->
<Zones>
<Zone name="multiChat">
<Rooms>
<Room name="Main Lobby" maxUsers="50" isPrivate="false" isTemp="false" autoJoin="true" />
</Rooms>
</Zone>
</Zones>
Actionscript 3 / Flash File
import flash.events.SecurityErrorEvent;
import flash.system.Security;
import it.gotoandplay.smartfoxserver.*
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
connect_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, initiateConnection);
function initiateConnection(evt:MouseEvent):void
{
// ip_text.test = public IP address of server host machine
// int(port_text.text) = 9339
// zone_text.text = "multiChat"
// name_text.text = "testUser"
status_text.text = "Connecting to " + ip_text.text + "...";
var policyLoad:String = "xmlsocket://" + ip_text.text + ":" + port_text.text;
Security.loadPolicyFile(policyLoad)
var smartFox:SmartFoxClient = new SmartFoxClient(true)
smartFox.addEventListener(SecurityErrorEvent.SECURITY_ERROR, sandboxHandler)
smartFox.addEventListener(SFSEvent.onConnection, onConnectionHandler)
smartFox.connect(ip_text.text, int(port_text.text))
smartFox.addEventListener(SFSEvent.onLogin, onLoginHandler)
smartFox.addEventListener(SFSEvent.onRoomListUpdate, onRoomListUpdateHandler)
smartFox.login(zone_text.text, name_text.text, "")
}
function onConnectionHandler(evt:SFSEvent):void
{
if (evt.params.success)
status_text.appendText("Connection successful \n");
else
status_text.appendText("Connection failed \n");
}
function onLoginHandler(evt:SFSEvent):void
{
if (evt.params.success)
status_text.appendText("Successfully logged in as " + evt.params.name + "\n");
else
status_text.appendText(status_text.text + "Zone login error; the following error occurred: " + evt.params.error + "\n");
}
function onRoomListUpdateHandler(evt:SFSEvent):void
{
// Dump the names of the available rooms in the "simpleChat" zone
for (var r:String in evt.params.roomList)
status_text.appendText(status_text.text + evt.params.roomList[r].getName() + "\n");
//smartFox.joinRoom(10)
}
function sandboxHandler(evt:SecurityErrorEvent):void
{
status_text.appendText("Sandbox Error / Flash Security Error Event");
}
Output:
*Attempting to launch and connect to Player using URL DIRECTORY OF FILE
[SWF] DIRECTORY OF FILE - 92561 bytes after decompression
[Sending]:
[WARN] Security Error: Error #2048: Security sandbox violation: file:DIRECTORY OF FILE cannot load data from PUBLIC HOST IP:9339.
[UnloadSWF] DIRECTORY OF FILE
Debug session terminated.
Debug session terminated.*

Answer 1

Change the following line:
<allow-access-from domain="*" t-ports="*"/>
to:
<allow-access-from domain="*" t-ports="*" secure="false" />
If still have some issue, you can check more details reading the official cross-domain policy documentation
Some useful URL's
SmartFoxServer configuration
SmartFox Forum

Answer 2

I regarded stackoverflow as one of the most reliable services in order to get help quickly, but this time I got the answer from somewhere else. I'll rewrite it here.
Maybe someone that has the same problem will consider this useful in the future.
The problem was after all quite simple. The standalone Adobe Flash Player automatically refuses such a connection. However it works when running it in a browser..

Answer 3

You had a typo in your policy file.
On line 4
<allow-access-from domain="*" t-ports="*" secure="false" />
Should have been
<allow-access-from domain="*" to-ports="*" secure="false" />
Note you had t-ports instead of to-ports.
Source: Cross-domain policy file specifications. https://www.adobe.com/content/dam/acom/en/devnet/articles/CrossDomain_PolicyFile_Specification.pdf#G3.344406