On 02/26/2009 07:32 PM, Mike Dawe wrote: > Leach, William R wrote: >> First, I am no longer subscribed so please cc me on any response. >> >> My employer, rightfully concerned about network security, is in the >> process of blocking and removing "unsupported" software. This action is >> fully understandable when viewed from a security standpoint. However, >> individual exceptions will be granted where the exception is either >> essential to the business activity or is significantly beneficial to the >> company. >> >> I have been asked to provide a justification to continue my use of Open >> Office. >> >> I am able to cite a number incidents where OOo has saved corrupted MS >> Word documents, allowed for rapid creation of drawings, royalty free >> generation of PDFs, and several other examples. >> >> What I would like to have some help with is verifiable information >> concerning the security of OOo (particularly compared to MS Word). > > Hi, Please do not include HTML formatting in posts to lists, thanks. > > Some OOo pages for further reading, which may be of assistance: > > <http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/SecurityFAQ> > <http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Security> > <http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/The_Case_for_Switching> > <http://why.openoffice.org/> > <http://why.openoffice.org/why_gov.html> > > Some independent pros vs cons, the 1st is a couple of years old but > still has some relevancies: > <http://www.idealware.org/articles/msoffice_vs_openoffice.php> > > And from Wikipedia with further links: > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenOffice.org> > > "OpenOffice.org includes a security team,[38] and as of June 2008 the > security organization Secunia reports no known unpatched security flaws > for the software.[39] Kaspersky Lab has shown a proof of concept virus > for OpenOffice.org.[40] This shows OOo viruses are possible, but there > is no known virus "in the wild". > > In a private meeting of the French Ministry of Defense, macro-related > security issues were raised.[41] OpenOffice.org developers have > responded and noted that the supposed vulnerability had not been > announced through "well defined procedures" for disclosure and that the > ministry had revealed nothing specific. However, the developers have > been in talks with the researcher concerning the supposed vulnerability.[42] > > As with Microsoft Word,[43] documents created in OpenOffice can contain > metadata which may include a complete history of what was changed, when > and by whom." > > HTH. >
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