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Re: [Full-Disclosure] OT: Tool for sanitizing MS office documents?
- To: Florian Weimer <fw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Subject: Re: [Full-Disclosure] OT: Tool for sanitizing MS office documents?
- From: Ron DuFresne <dufresne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 11:45:55 -0600 (CST)
On Mon, 31 Jan 2005, Florian Weimer wrote:
> * Clement Dupuis:
>
> > This is why so many companies have adopted the PDF format for document
> > exchange. What you see is what it is, no hidden code or revision bits.
>
> This view is a bit too simplistic. PDF files can contain layers, and
> the text that is nicely covered by those black rectangle may still be
> present in the document.
>
> In general, PDF documents are not too bad an idea, though. At least
> it avoids the embarrassment of embedded OLE objects which contain far
> more information that is actually visible in the parent document (and
> I don't think Microsoft's tool addresses this because it would
> castrate the document).
I recall the tool being requested, I thought it was a tool developed by
micheal <sp?> zewlski <sp?>.
Thanks,
Ron DuFresne
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