PDF Flaw Revieled
By Larry Seltzer
February 14, 2007
Adobe Acrobat software lets parameters be passed to the software when a PDF file is opened. Generally speaking,
this is helpful. But because this capability includes opening a PDF from a Web site using a browser, and Web pages
can execute scripts, Acrobat can be used to launch malware...
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Adobe, AIIM Make ISO Push for PDF
By Don Fluckinger
January 29, 2007
People with differing definitions of what makes an open standard truly
"open" will still be able to argue about PDF until they're blue in the face, but moves made Jan. 29 by
Adobe Systems and the Association for Information and Image Management will make PDF more closely resemble an open
standard.
With Adobe's blessing, the trade group plans to submit the entire PDF 1.7 file spec—the current version released
with Acrobat 8—to the ISO (which, standards buffs will tell you doesn't stand for the obvious "International
Standards Organization" but instead just refers to the Greek word for "equal"). The international
standards cabal could approve PDF as a standard after a likely 15 to 30 months' worth of reviewing and refining
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