[olug] [ot] chrome

[Will Langford]

>
> Extra crap? Holes? Protection? Are you seriously talking about PDF?
> I'm not aware of any holes, or any need for a sandbox.
> What does PDF have to do with Flash anyhow? PDF is an open standard, with
> at
> least one viewer (Okular) far superior to Adobe's for Linux. It's more or
> less
> just compression for GhostScript...
>
>
http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/security-threats/2010/08/04/adobe-confirms-pdf-security-hole-in-reader-40089737/

<http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/security-threats/2010/08/04/adobe-confirms-pdf-security-hole-in-reader-40089737/>Or....
to... even get away from crafty things like that... how about something much
simpler:

http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/PDF-exploit-requires-no-specific-security-hole-to-function-968140.html

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PDF hasn't been 'just a text formatter' for a very long time....

-Will