Re: About NM, email and spam
On Thu, Jul 26, 2001 at 11:08:50PM +1000, Sam Couter wrote:
> I don't think the warning that macros could be virii actually achieves
> anything. Users just hit the "Yeah, whatever" button and get infected
> anyway. Hitting those buttons becomes a reflex with no thought at all.
Well, at least they tried. Personally I do stop and think about it when
opening Word and Excel documents that warn me about macros. Usually I
disable them, and if I find that the document actually does have some
useful macros, reopen it.
> I think the proper solution is to quit blurring the line between word
> processor and development environment / scripting host. Or at a minimum,
> running the macros in a secure sandbox so the damage they can do is
> minimised.
Actually, I think it's useful to have some macro capability in Excel in
particular. But it should be in some sort of protective environment which
means it can't do much damage.
Hamish
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Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <hamish@debian.org> <hamish@cloud.net.au>
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