Re: Does a secure pdf reader/creator exist?

[Craig Freyman <craigfreyman () gmail com>]

You can use google docs and have it render the PDF for you. That would be a
nightmare with multi-k users but it's a good way to go from a security
perspective.

On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 11:04 AM, Gregory Baker <travelingregbaker () yahoo com
> wrote:

> Greetings to all,
>
> We all know that PDF (reader/creator) software is such a exploit target
> nowadays. Yes, there are ways to mitigate the risks by turning off java and
> the like.
>
> We did a survey of our multi-k user base and NOBODY is using any of the
> fancy bloat features built into the current rev PDF software across 50k+ pdf
> files in our datastores.
>
> So this begs the question in the subject line. We've looked at most of the
> alternatives out there like foxit & nitro and it appears that they are going
> down the same path as Adobe but just lagging behind. The creation tools are
> secondary as most of the OS vendors are close to building this function into
> the OS. Its the unsecure readers that are the problem.
>
> Cost is somewhat secondary at this point as our resources are increasingly
> being gobbled up with Adobe patching compliance.
>
> Has anybody come across a secure pdf reader?
>
> Thanks for the sage replies.
>
>
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