It's possible to convert a pdf to an image on the webserver to aid with the problem. Wouldn't be a completely proof solution, but would help.
If this seems like it would be urgently need, I can spend some time on it. Best Regards, Martin Owens On Wed, 2018-03-07 at 18:30 -0700, brynn wrote: > Hi Fellow Moderators! > Welcome to our newest moderator, Abdur-Rahmaan > Janhangeer. Now with 6 > moderators, 3 of which are able visit on almost daily basis, I'm > starting to > feel like the system is really able to meet its potential. > > (Fyi Everyone, JAKE is now Panda.) > > I'd also like to discuss a moderation issue regarding > PDFs. There was a > recent image, I think it was the map of Europe, uploaded as a > PDF. One comment > which was posted, along with a vote to delete, was "pdf can contain > viruses or > get your ip on opening". > > While I understand that potentially can happen, PDF is an > acceptable > format for uploaded resources (whether image or text) in the > gallery. So we > can't delete them only because they are PDFs. > > However, since their contents are not displayed, we must open > them, to > find out if they meet the CoC guidlines. What would be the best way > to get a > look at the contents, without risking our personal privacy and/or > security? > > I'm thinking we should download and run our local security > scans, before > opening. (Or I suppose there are some free online scanners. Don't > have any > links right offhand though.) Does anyone know of a better, > possibly less time > consuming (and memory eating) way to get a safe look at the contents? > > All best, > brynn > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Inkscape-docs mailing list Inkscape-docs@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-docs
