AB
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Re: MOICE is a mess
said by Cudni  :from » news.office-watch.com/t/n.aspx?a=517"... Microsoft has announced two 'new' security features for Office 2007 and Office 2003 users. They are claimed to help protect against 'zero-day' exploits in Office documents - in other words new security holes that Microsoft has not had a chance to patch. ..." 'Haven't had a chance' to patch Office 2003, eh?
Too busy watching YouTube videos . . . had to go pick up the dry-cleaning . . . all efforts are currently focused on forcing Office WGA onto computers . . . or what?
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"These offerings are part of the obvious Microsoft strategy to push customers to their new 'safe' document formats. It's also an effort to reduce Microsoft's responsibility for the continuing 'zero day' problems - the company can simply point to these tools and shift the blame to customers for not protecting themselves."
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Well, there's a possibility, I suppose. |
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dave
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not in ohio | You know, there's nothing more telling than a product described as an 'offering'. It's obvious that meaning number 2 is the appropriate one, right? |
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AB
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| said by dave :You know, there's nothing more telling than a product described as an 'offering'. It's obvious that meaning number 2 is the appropriate one, right? I think maybe so. 
You wouldn't mind checking it out and filing a report, would you sir? Because--
". . these new tools from Microsoft are designed to either:
Convert the document to the Office 2007 document formats (.docx .xlsx etc) in a 'isolated' environment which is purported to reduce the risk of a hacked document becoming active."
or:
"Block particular file extensions (like .doc .xls etc) from being opened in Office 2003 or Office 2007. In other words, force users to convert the document to Office 2007 format before opening them."
I think the guy's pretty sure it's one of the two.  |
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