Huh? You're saying that merely viewing a PDF doc in Acrobat reader can cause Acrobat reader to submit an HTTP POST to a server? Oh well. I need an alternate PDF viewer anyway. Troy
-----Original Message----- From: Oliver Bleutgen [mailto:myzope@gmx.net] Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 11:49 AM To: zope@zope.org Subject: RE: [Zope] Client Text Editor that Sends HTTP PUT statements
I tried adobe's solution a little bit, and it works well. One should know that these capablities can be used for really privacy intruding things. It's possible to create hidden forms on a pdf-page which submit on pageview in acrobat, really scary.
That's not too scary. You can do the same for anything zope can serve with an external method. Troy
Yes, but when I'm "online" (being simplicistic here) I know that. I mean it's clear that hitting a server with a _client_ program (i.e. my browser) can have unknown - to me - side effects like generating log-entries or formatting bill gates harddrive. But we are talking about a document format here which is generally seen as "passive", as an "offline" format and its application as an not net-aware application - not a network client.
When I tried it a was stunned that even that innocent pdf-format has the capability to phone home.
cheers, oliver