On 11/1/2011 11:59 AM, Alan Bourke wrote: >> Hmmm...why does this make me think of FUD (like from DR-DOS days) and >> Geuine Advantage and killbits and OpenOffice files writing out MS Office >> files? > > > It's just an attempt to stop exploits that take advantage of malformed > Office files. And OpenOffice files seem at least as prone to this if > these are to be believed (I presume Windows is the platform here): > > http://dankaminsky.com/2011/03/11/fuzzmark/ > http://dankaminsky.com/2011/03/11/fuzzmark/ >
Can you see why I might wonder as I did though, based on the past? I don't mean to cause FUD myself, and I'm sure they're doing what they can to close holes/exploits, but I just had that feeling that something didn't seem totally right. _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
