i don't quite understand this logic. i can see where you don't want to reload if you
get a
virus, BUT if i get a linux virus and it deletes everything in my home. i'm gonna lose
everything that is important. i can reload my workstation and setup the firewalls and
such. i
dont want to lose my important stuff. i understand from a server standpoint, but
everyone
says no big deal, you'll only lose whats in your user id, well thats the important
stuff to
me. i just burn it to a cd as a backup.
anyway my 0.02c
steve thompson
Ian Marchak wrote:
> Quoting Ronnie Gauthier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> > I think so, AFAIK, ms products run pdf's without challenge. I have
> > acrobat 5
> > and it opens fully when I click a pdf file. I use pdf's quite a bit and
> > it
> > concerns me that if this gets more work and wider spread that anyone
> > with
> > acrobat will be extremely vulnerable to a system attack. Also that its
> > possible that with more work that even on the linux side someone could
> > get
> > code to execute when the plugin is run to open the pdf file.
>
> The worst you could do is bung up your user...as long as you aren't surfing as
> root. Hence the repetitive cautions of many listgoers to newbies (not saying
> you're one) not to surf as root.
>
> However, this is apparently only an Acrobat (creator not reader) issue.
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