Press reports regarding "SB/BadBunny-A" virus

[Kelly]

On Monday, May 28, 2007 6:52 pm D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
>
> The right fix is to the macro feature of Open Office.
>
> I seem to remember that this kind of vulnerability was observed and
> eliminated from troff over 20 years ago.


Okay, quick question: would you be willing to explain to a PHB why 
OpenOffice.org works better than Microsoft Office when one has easy macros to 
help them out and the other doesn't?

Yes, macros can be dangerous.  However, they are an expected feature of a full 
office suite and therefore can't just be gutted out of the program.  And 
thanks to the proliferation of Microsoft Office, the macro system has to 
allow slightly more control over the system than is likely a good idea.
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