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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: [RFC] Security and Features in KPDF
From:       Michael Nottebrock <michaelnottebrock () gmx ! net>
Date:       2005-01-03 0:18:05
Message-ID: 200501030118.08878.michaelnottebrock () gmx ! net
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On Monday, 3. January 2005 00:19, Tobias Koenig wrote:

> This is really a save solution.

That's debatable...

> When the user still clicks on 'Ok' and 
> the virus/wurm is executed... well, that's the users problem. But that's
> the same case as when the user clicks on an unknown email attachment.

At least in kmail, you get a dialog with a reminder about a security risk and 
the choice of "save" "open( with...)" and "cancel" ... if you really wanted 
to run an attachment straight away, you'd have to choose "open with" 
type /bin/sh or something to that effect.

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