config/2286: Distributed mime.types lacks mapping for widely used Shockwave Flash (.swf)

[Kyle VanderBeek <ky...@beeker.net>]

>Number:         2286
>Category:       config
>Synopsis:       Distributed mime.types lacks mapping for widely used Shockwave Flash (.swf)
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    apache
>State:          open
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   apache
>Arrival-Date:   Tue May 26 11:50:00 PDT 1998
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     kyle@beeker.net
>Organization:
apache
>Release:        1.3b6
>Environment:
All
>Description:
An oversite in the mime.types file that comes with Apache makes all Macromedia
ShockWave Flash animations (application/x-shockwave-flash) come across as
text/plain (or whatever your default MIME type is).  As a result, most browsers
fail to load the appropriate plug-in to handle it.
>How-To-Repeat:
Any default installation will pass swf files as text/plain
>Fix:
Add

application/x-shockwave-flash swf

to the mime.types file in the distribution.
>Audit-Trail:
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