[Zope] Client Text Editor that Sends HTTP PUT statements

[Farrell, Troy]

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