> The SEC reports on applications show that OpenOffice.org has around 10% of > security flaws compared to MS Office
This just means that people concentrate on finding issues within MS Office, not within OOo. It doesn't mean that OOo only has 10% of the amount of issues as MS Office has. So this is nothing for any kind of pro OOo PR. Malte. Alexandro Colorado wrote, On 08/13/09 00:37: > The SEC reports on applications show that OpenOffice.org has around 10% of > security flaws compared to MS Office. I do wonder if this is true or the > SEC dont take account other issues. > > > On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 07:17:28 -0500, Malte Timmermann > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> some people already commented on this while I was on vacation, and >> especially Thorsten Behrens already made clear that OOo is not free from >> such issues. >> >> OOo was already quite often affected by file format issues, see >> http://www.openoffice.org/security/bulletin.html. >> >> And it's not only about binary documents, as you can see in >> http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2006-3117.html. >> >> Malte. >> >> http://security.openoffice.org/ >> >> >> Alexandro Colorado wrote, On 07/27/09 11:28: >>> On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 11:22 AM, Lars >>> Nooden<[email protected]> wrote: >>>> MS Office is beyond repair: >>>> http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9135852/Microsoft_admits_it_can_t_stop_Office_file_format_hacks >>>> >>>> A stop-gap measure even for M$ shops would be to install OOo along >>>> side, >>>> quickly, and use that whenever possible. >>>> >>>> -Lars >>> yes this is very important, I would propose structuring a PR campaign >>> in favor of office suite security. >>> Something like... >>> >>> Are your documents in danger? Using insecure software might harm your >>> document, your information and your assets. >>> >>> I would also list the very very broken history of Microsoft Office >>> security issues. M$O is full of security issues through the years and >>> also going into analysing how M$O vulnerability can harm your >>> documents. Simply having an embedded application with the OS causes >>> spywares to cross from the internet to the office suite. Get hit on IE >>> and you get hit on Office too. >>> >>> >>> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
