On Friday 11 January 2008 03:12:46 Philippe Landau wrote:
> Anders Johansson wrote:
> > On Friday 11 January 2008 02:25:57 Don Raboud wrote:
> >> Among the options one can set in Acrobat reader is to specify a proxy
> >> which I usually set to 127.0.0.1 to avoid things like this.  (I am not
> >> paranoid, just don't like the very idea.)  Of course, being closed
> >> source one has no idea if acrobat reader honors these settings or not.
> >
> > Sure one has. Just use wireshark to see what it does. It can't bypass
> > that. No need to sit around guessing, or tell scary stories
> >
> > I have a hunch lots of people already have done that though, and if it
> > did bad things, we would have heard about it by now, a lot louder than
> > vague rumours on mailing lists
>
> No need to insult if you follow the provided link there (see below)

I'm sorry, but where in that link do they discuss whether acrobat reader 
honours proxy settings?

> or do some online research on your own confirming what is
> now known since over two years.
> If you don't find good additional resources and don't speak German,
> why not ask for help ?

I do speak German (I live in Germany) and I can read. In that page, it says 
acrobat reader honours web links. This is *very* far removed from "calling 
home"

> A little less hostility amongst list members would be appreciated.
> You might be so much smarter and better, no need to diminish others.

I don't see how suggesting to use wireshark was either insulting, hostile or 
diminishing. I see lots of talk, and lots of googling, but no one actually 
looks

Anders

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