ad's have been coming to pdf's for years now though. you'd have to be blind not to have seen it. adobe even have a little slot for it in their later readers.
it does seem like an incredibly bad idea. maybe one day we can get a nice non-writable format that is simple and will never change. complexity is bad :) anyway a format is only as safe as it's reader. so what we really need is a nice, secure, pdf reader. foxit i use, but i'm sure there are others. On 11/29/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Oh just great ... Not! > > After being touted as one of the safer formats to use > (thus lots of government sites now use PDF), in one > fell swoop you go ahead and shoot yourself on the foot > and make yourself vulnerable. > > Wonders never cease. > > Cheers, > --Jamz > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Ferguson > > Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 2:37 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [funsec] A Hacker Dream Come True: Adobe and Yahoo > > Tests Ads InsidePDF Documen ts > no-trend-disclaimer: > > Y-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > eah. That's what I thought. > > > > Via Reuters. > > > > [snip] > > > > Software maker Adobe Systems Inc and Internet company Yahoo > > Inc said on > > Wednesday they will offer a service to let publishers run > > advertisements in > > Adobe's popular document-reading format. > > > > The new service, Ads for Adobe PDF Powered by Yahoo, presents > > publishers > > with an alternative to conventional subscriptions, which, if widely > > adopted, could open up a new model based on free, > > ad-supported publishing, > > analysts said. > > > > [snip] > > > > More: > > http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSN2754715120071129 > > > > Screaming for compromise, methinks... > > > > - - ferg > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: PGP Desktop 9.6.3 (Build 3017) > > > > wj8DBQFHTlAPq1pz9mNUZTMRAvr5AKCypH3Zj/tD15BYxVpW9DPSuZAPsQCglm+W > > GhJOs4Pmdta52o/EaD2rm7s= > > =22Vp > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > > > > -- > > "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson > > Engineering Architecture for the Internet > > fergdawg(at)netzero.net > > ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. > > https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec > > Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. > https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec > Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. > -- mike http://lets.coozi.com.au/ _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
