# How to use crossdomain.xml file for HLS

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-use-crossdomain-xml-file-for-hls/40977>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [October 19, 2015, 6:52pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-use-crossdomain-xml-file-for-hls/40977 "2015-10-19T18:52:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Manh\_Hung\_Nguyen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@Manh\_Hung\_Nguyen](https://community.wowza.com/u/Manh_Hung_Nguyen)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2015, 6:52pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-use-crossdomain-xml-file-for-hls/40977/1 "2015-10-19T18:52:00Z")

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Hi everyone,

I use JW player 6 to play my HLS streams.

Can I use Crossdomain.xml feature for protecting my HLS streams can only play from my website?

Thank a alot.

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**Author:** ![Paul\_Shields](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/paul_shields/32/390_2.png) [@Paul\_Shields](https://community.wowza.com/u/Paul_Shields)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 1:30pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-use-crossdomain-xml-file-for-hls/40977/2 "2015-10-27T13:30:38Z")

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Hi,

crossdomain.xml is typically used to protect Flash content, or other content played through a Flash player, assuming the player understands it. [JWPlayer](http://support.jwplayer.com/customer/portal/articles/1403679-crossdomain-file-loading) is one such example.

For pure HTTP streams in an HTML5 page you could look at using CORS. For example, [TheOplayer](https://www.theoplayer.com) is an HTML5 player that uses CORS headers, and has [example Wowza configurations](https://blog.theoplayer.com/the-pains-of-cross-origin-resource-sharing/).

There are generally better ways to protect your content than crossdomain I would suggest. Check our list of [security](https://www.wowza.com/forums/list.php?category/10-Security) and [DRM](https://www.wowza.com/forums/list.php?category/19-Wowza-DRM) articles for more sophisticated and more secure alternatives.

Paul