Adobe Putting PDF Reader In a Sandbox

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday July 20, 2010 @09:20AM from the and-stay-there dept.

Captain Eloquence writes "The next major version of Adobe's PDF Reader will feature new sandboxing technology aimed at curbing a surge in malicious hacker attacks. The initial sandbox implementation will isolate all 'write' calls on Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server 2008, and Windows Server 2003. Adobe security chief Brad Arkin believes this will mitigate the risk of exploits seeking to install malware on the user's computer or otherwise change the computer's file system or registry. In a future dot-release, the company plans to extend the sandbox to include read-only activities to protect against attackers seeking to read sensitive information from the user's computer."

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Re:Who needs it? by gig · 2010-07-20 15:42 · Score: 0, Troll

Nothing on Windows is accurate enough for proofing. It has no color management. It has many other problems.
You should create a standardized version of PDF, not the latest version that can only be viewed in Acrobat. A standardized PDF can be viewed with full-fidelity on many platforms. Most smartphones can view PDF. The user interface on all Apple products is PDF, they breathe PDF. It is really, really rare for a Mac user to use Acrobat.