Sorry about my technical ingorance -- but what exactly does Strings do? FN > --__--__-- > > Message: 3 > Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2003 14:48:35 +0530 > From: Suresh Ramasubramanian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Organization: -ENOENT > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [LIG] Re: Wealth of corporate secrets on the Web... > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Frederick Noronha (FN) wrote: > > Isn't the use of Free Software tools "antiword" and "catdoc" (see below) > > on one of the most influential proprietorial format (doc) relevant enough? > > FN > > Fred has a very good point. > > Also, this is not the first time Microsoft's "feature" of storing secret > information (such as edits / deletes to text, author name etc) embedded > into a word doc been highlighted. > > Oh by the way, antiword and catdoc do a cleaner job, but the very same > stuff that was "discovered" using these can be just as easily found out > using the good old "strings" program. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ strings foo.doc > > srs >
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