X-Git-Url: http://pere.pagekite.me/gitweb/homepage.git/blobdiff_plain/18f8a329af3dcd857663e7bcb488ce66532af93d..6621ff349d531b5887d38da305c6d1fde095b36d:/blog/archive/2017/02/02.rss diff --git a/blog/archive/2017/02/02.rss b/blog/archive/2017/02/02.rss index d865125a1a..55ca5b3098 100644 --- a/blog/archive/2017/02/02.rss +++ b/blog/archive/2017/02/02.rss @@ -6,6 +6,63 @@ http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/ + + Detect OOXML files with undefined behaviour? + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Detect_OOXML_files_with_undefined_behaviour_.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Detect_OOXML_files_with_undefined_behaviour_.html + Tue, 21 Feb 2017 00:20:00 +0100 + <p>I just noticed +<a href="http://www.arkivrad.no/aktuelt/riksarkivarens-forskrift-pa-horing">the +new Norwegian proposal for archiving rules in the goverment</a> list +<a href="http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-376.htm">ECMA-376</a> +/ ISO/IEC 29500 (aka OOXML) as valid formats to put in long term +storage. Luckily such files will only be accepted based on +pre-approval from the National Archive. Allowing OOXML files to be +used for long term storage might seem like a good idea as long as we +forget that there are plenty of ways for a "valid" OOXML document to +have content with no defined interpretation in the standard, which +lead to a question and an idea.</p> + +<p>Is there any tool to detect if a OOXML document depend on such +undefined behaviour? It would be useful for the National Archive (and +anyone else interested in verifying that a document is well defined) +to have such tool available when considering to approve the use of +OOXML. I'm aware of the +<a href="https://github.com/arlm/officeotron/">officeotron OOXML +validator</a>, but do not know how complete it is nor if it will +report use of undefined behaviour. Are there other similar tools +available? Please send me an email if you know of any such tool.</p> + + + + + Ruling ignored our objections to the seizure of popcorn-time.no (#domstolkontroll) + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Ruling_ignored_our_objections_to_the_seizure_of_popcorn_time_no___domstolkontroll_.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Ruling_ignored_our_objections_to_the_seizure_of_popcorn_time_no___domstolkontroll_.html + Mon, 13 Feb 2017 21:30:00 +0100 + <p>A few days ago, we received the ruling from +<a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/A_day_in_court_challenging_seizure_of_popcorn_time_no_for__domstolkontroll.html">my +day in court</a>. The case in question is a challenge of the seizure +of the DNS domain popcorn-time.no. The ruling simply did not mention +most of our arguments, and seemed to take everything ØKOKRIM said at +face value, ignoring our demonstration and explanations. But it is +hard to tell for sure, as we still have not seen most of the documents +in the case and thus were unprepared and unable to contradict several +of the claims made in court by the opposition. We are considering an +appeal, but it is partly a question of funding, as it is costing us +quite a bit to pay for our lawyer. If you want to help, please +<a href="http://www.nuug.no/dns-beslag-donasjon.shtml">donate to the +NUUG defense fund</a>.</p> + +<p>The details of the case, as far as we know it, is available in +Norwegian from +<a href="https://www.nuug.no/news/tags/dns-domenebeslag/">the NUUG +blog</a>. This also include +<a href="https://www.nuug.no/news/Avslag_etter_rettslig_h_ring_om_DNS_beslaget___vurderer_veien_videre.shtml">the +ruling itself</a>.</p> + + + A day in court challenging seizure of popcorn-time.no for #domstolkontroll http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/A_day_in_court_challenging_seizure_of_popcorn_time_no_for__domstolkontroll.html