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Re: call for help: ms office files
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2007-07-10 14:12:02
On Tue, 2007-07-10 at 13:07 -0600, M. David Peterson wrote:
> Oh, sorry... what I should have stated is any advice on
where to start
> for the extended list of XML formats that there is no
support for at
> the moment.  In regards to Office files, I doubt much
that the .doc
> and .ppt have been converted to OOXML formats, so these
would
> obviously not qualify as XML.  In this regard, I have
already taken
> your advice from before and started working on the
suggested
> solution. 

Yes, Victor, can you help get David started please. Seems
like there are
three pieces

1. identifying formats needed

2. figuring out best method for adding to ccHost
(getid3/pseudo file
verify)

3. cleaning/detection of possible malware

VS, can you technically outline best approaches for David to
get started
on this please.

thx! This is super cool!

Jon

> On 7/10/07, Victor Stone <fourstones.netgmail.com> wrote:
>         On 7/10/07, M. David Peterson <xmlhackergmail.com> wrote:
>         > On 7/9/07, Jon Phillips <jonrejon.org> wrote:
>         > Fortunately XML happens to be one my
specialties   I'll
>         be happy to do 
>         > the work in this space.  Again, will push
everything through
>         the dev lists
>         > to ensure proper coordination with
everyone/everything else
>         to ensure I am
>         > headed in the proper technical direction.
>         > 
>         > Any advice on where I should start?
>         
>         as I've said elsewhere since the verification
is about malware
>         detection, esp. in regards to office files I
would highly
>         recommend
>         looking into a export/import model where the
upload is
>         translated into 
>         a benign format (like script-less html or xml).
I'm sure
>         there's a
>         community of doc-weenies out there that knowd
this stuff.
>         getID3 is
>         focused on media.
>         
>         VS
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> /M
> 
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Re: call for help: ms office files
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2007-07-10 14:29:09
On 7/10/07, Jon Phillips <jonrejon.org> wrote:
> VS, can you technically outline best approaches for
David to get started
> on this please.

steal some code that exports from ppt->xml/html or other
script-free format.

which ccHost events it makes sense to watch is based on
what
technology you end up with.

VS
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Re: call for help: ms office files
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2007-07-10 15:44:24
On 7/10/07, Jon Phillips < jonrejon.org">jonrejon.org> wrote:

Yes, Victor, can you help get David started please. Seems like there are
three pieces

1. identifying formats needed

2. figuring out best method for adding to ccHost (getid3/pseudo file
verify)

3. cleaning/detection of possible malware

VS, can you technically outline best approaches for David to get started
on this please.

I appreciate all the help you can give! ;

thx! This is super cool!

I agree  And fun too!  

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/M

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