On Wed, 8 Aug 2001 01:54:49 -0500 Ronnie Gauthier wrote:
> I think so, AFAIK, ms products run pdf's without challenge. I have acrobat 5
> and it opens fully when I click a pdf file. I use pdf's quite a bit and it
> concerns me that if this gets more work and wider spread that anyone with
> acrobat will be extremely vulnerable to a system attack. Also that its
> possible that with more work that even on the linux side someone could get
> code to execute when the plugin is run to open the pdf file.
As I recall, it is possible that one could write a PostScript virus and
do some damage. Some PostScript interpreters will allow you to write files.
It's just a programming language...
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