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This confuses me; the core of HTML is relatively unchanged since its inception and static HTML is fairly secure. PDF is notoriously complex and has had many sec
by ericwood 6y ago
This confuses me; the core of HTML is relatively unchanged since its inception and static HTML is fairly secure. PDF is notoriously complex and has had many security issues associated with it as a result. Regardless, if it's content you're producing I'm imagining it can be done securely with either format?
- jl6 6y agoPDF is notoriously complex but PDF/A isn’t.
- selfhoster11 6y agoPDF/A is a reduced subset of PDF, optimised for archival storage. A compliant PDF/A reader has a greatly reduced attack surface compared to a full PDF format reader.
- walterbell 6y agoAny recommended readers?
- jl6 6y agopdf.js in Firefox - as it’s sandboxed. Safari on iOS also natively displays web-hosted PDFs very snappily. Okular is an excellent PDF reader for the Linux desktop and supports attachments.
- tomjen3 6y agoPDF/A is meant for archive purposes (e.g remain pixel perfectly the same when read out of some tape archive 50 years from now archival purposes) and doesn't allow things like javascript. Plus it requires fonts to be embedded.