> In May of this year, patches were needed to mitigate ongoing PPT threats. > http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms11-036 > http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2010-2935_CVE-2010-2936.html > http://blogs.technet.com/b/mmpc/archive/2009/04/02/new-0-day-exploits-using-powerpoint-files.aspx A quick look at http://www.adobe.com/support/security/ shows that PDF is not immune to security issues, and has at least as many bulletins out as PowerPoint. Complex presentations formats require complex code, and nobody is perfect. Just saying, but if we want to ensure that presentations are readable 50 years from now, and do not embed some kind of malicious code, we might stick to ASCII text, right? -- Christian Huitema _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf