[libreoffice-users] Re: disable cntrl click to follow link
From: Mark Bourne [via Document Foundation Mail Archive] Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2014 5:04 PM To: 4130 Subject: Re: disable cntrl click to follow link 4130 wrote: Dave, Thanks for the solution the image to my cntrlclick problem. Never thought it would be a security issue. I think the security issue is that hyperlinks can be formatted to look like normal text. Usually in a word processor you click to position the cursor where you want to edit text. Someone could send you a document, and when you click on that text (intending to position the cursor for editing it) you end up opening a web page instead - which may exploit a vulnerability in your web browser to install malware. With some vulnerabilities, you need only to open a web page designed to exploit it; you don't even need accept and run a download, or even realise that anything has happened. e.g. the first item under Mitigating Factors at https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/MS14-037 (about half way down the page). Even if they're not being malicious, it's somewhat frustrating to click on a bit of text and suddenly find some web page being opened when all you wanted to do was edit the text. Mark. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [hidden email] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted If you reply to this email, your message will be added to the discussion below: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/disable-cntrl-click-to-follow-link-tp4120195p4120381.html To unsubscribe from disable cntrl click to follow link, click here. NAML -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/disable-cntrl-click-to-follow-link-tp4120195p4120441.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-users] Re: disable cntrl click to follow link
Hi, Thanks to all who helped me with cntrl/click and an explanation of the security question. cheers, 4130 --__o _`\,_ ---(_)/ (_) * * * * * * * * -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/disable-cntrl-click-to-follow-link-tp4120195p4120439.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-users] Re: disable cntrl click to follow link
Dave, Thanks for the solution the image to my cntrlclick problem. Never thought it would be a security issue. You get my SUPERMAN AWARD: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/file/n4120319/superman_service_to_customers.png cheers, 4130 -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/disable-cntrl-click-to-follow-link-tp4120195p4120319.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: disable cntrl click to follow link
Hi :) I didn't realise there was a setting that could be changed to affect that either. I had noticed that when you Export a document to Pdf that it changes all links to being easily clickable instead of needing the Ctrl-Click. So, i agree with Ann = that it's good to learn new hintstips Regards from Tom :) On 26 August 2014 13:55, 4130 4...@charter.net wrote: Dave, Thanks for the solution the image to my cntrlclick problem. Never thought it would be a security issue. You get my SUPERMAN AWARD: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/file/n4120319/superman_service_to_customers.png cheers, 4130 -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/disable-cntrl-click-to-follow-link-tp4120195p4120319.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: disable cntrl click to follow link
I so agree; and very glad that for some reason my machines have automatically shown the links, et.al., in any program - maybe it's the AV program I use, huh? Here's a big THANK YOU to LO and all the good-guys out there fighting against those criminal forces! From: Mark Bourne libreoffice-ml.mbou...@spamgourmet.com Date: Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 4:03 PM Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: disable cntrl click to follow link To: users@global.libreoffice.org 4130 wrote: Dave, Thanks for the solution the image to my cntrlclick problem. Never thought it would be a security issue. I think the security issue is that hyperlinks can be formatted to look like normal text. Usually in a word processor you click to position the cursor where you want to edit text. Someone could send you a document, and when you click on that text (intending to position the cursor for editing it) you end up opening a web page instead - which may exploit a vulnerability in your web browser to install malware. With some vulnerabilities, you need only to open a web page designed to exploit it; you don't even need accept and run a download, or even realise that anything has happened. e.g. the first item under Mitigating Factors at https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/MS14-037 (about half way down the page). Even if they're not being malicious, it's somewhat frustrating to click on a bit of text and suddenly find some web page being opened when all you wanted to do was edit the text. Mark. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
