Beware of macro viruses in some of those common document formats. Even Microsoft Word uses system template documents to open RTF files, and I've even seen maleware exploit that.
Jim m0use wrote: > > On Mon, 2003-01-13 at 12:18, Meritt James wrote: > > I have seen some. Having a pdf trigger something "bad" is hard, but can > > be done. I would not lose any sleep over it. > > I blocked them too initially, but the balance of security and ease of > communication forced me too allow pdf's as well as other common document > formats. > > -- > m0use -- James W. Meritt CISSP, CISA Booz | Allen | Hamilton phone: (410) 684-6566
