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On Tue, Oct 09, 2007 at 02:27:30PM +0100, James Fidell wrote:
> Tom Potts wrote:
> > http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2007/10/08/adobe-confesses-pdf-backdoor
>
> A reason not to use Adobe Acrobat, surely?
I was going to point that out - although the subject (and article
headline) says PDF, it's actually a problem in one specific application
and not the format. Anyone not using Windows doesn't have a problem
there (and if you're using Windows then you have more problems than
just a security hole in Acrobat Reader).
PDF is a perfectly okay format, if you have a decent reader (xpdf)
and not a bloated piece of rubbish (acrobat).
Ben
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