I'm sick of the Java updates every 3 minutes too, with the blinking icon on my task bar.
--- On Fri, 6/10/11, Ted Roche <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Ted Roche <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [NF] Adobe updates > To: [email protected] > Date: Friday, June 10, 2011, 11:38 AM > On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 10:09 AM, > Alan Bourke <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > They're not, but PDF is a big vector for malware > authors. > > -- > > Yeah, you would have thought we learned our lesson with > AutoOpen > macros in Word documents running arbitrary code when the > document is > opened, but it seems there's a pattern of repeating this in > every > application that opens "documents" - PDF readers, HTML > Help, etc. > > Flash and HTML browsers are built with the understanding > that there > will be executable code running within them, and that code > needs to be > shielded ("sandboxed") from running amok doing arbitrary > things to the > operating system. Now, those obviously don't work 100%, but > it leads > to questions: > > Q: What is the definition of a "document" vs. an > "executable file" and > how would you exercise precautions against "opening" the > former vs. > "running" the latter? > > -- > Ted Roche > Ted Roche & Associates, LLC > http://www.tedroche.com > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ 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.
