fire-eyes <sgtphou <at> fire-eyes.org> writes:
> It actually goes to a wider problem, where if javascript is on, docments > can call home to wherever they are told to. This bothers many people, so > they turn off javascript. Even if you don't mind that, turning off > javascript is just what many people want to do. Well, what's the consensus on using xpdf to read documents? Also, OpenOffice allow files/documents to be save out a PDF. Maybe this works for most systems. Maybe OO will have the ability to look at all file. One could also temporarily pull the ethernet cable from a machine while using such untrusted software, unless it's via a web browser.... As for the security issue of Acorbat7, maybe in can be filter in the firewall rules, or, it needs to be installed in a chrooted environment for closer study and analysis. Then it's clandescent behavior can be controlled or limited. Does anyone have an Adobe file or a java-script that 'calls home'? James -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
