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<blockquote data-quote="Andy Ful" data-source="post: 955966" data-attributes="member: 32260"><p>It is OK, but the Chrome PDF viewer is not as fast. Try to scroll the book or Science magazine in PDF format to see the difference. Furthermore, it is not as safe (by design) as the solution from the OP:</p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Opening documents in the web browser can end with drive-by downloads or phishing websites (via embedded URLs) - this can be important when protecting happy clicker users. If you use a dedicated PDF viewer, then Internet access can be disabled by the firewall rule.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Chrome is the most popular web browser so its PDF viewer is most targeted for exploits.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">If Chrome is not hardened then the PDF exploit can get some valuable information about users' web browsing, etc., even if the exploit is contained in the sandbox.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">If the Chrome session is exploited in the sandbox, then it is not safe to open PDF documents that contain personal or confidential information.</li> </ol><p>Of course, for many users, the built-in PDF viewer in Edge will be enough.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andy Ful, post: 955966, member: 32260"] It is OK, but the Chrome PDF viewer is not as fast. Try to scroll the book or Science magazine in PDF format to see the difference. Furthermore, it is not as safe (by design) as the solution from the OP: [LIST=1] [*]Opening documents in the web browser can end with drive-by downloads or phishing websites (via embedded URLs) - this can be important when protecting happy clicker users. If you use a dedicated PDF viewer, then Internet access can be disabled by the firewall rule. [*]Chrome is the most popular web browser so its PDF viewer is most targeted for exploits. [*]If Chrome is not hardened then the PDF exploit can get some valuable information about users' web browsing, etc., even if the exploit is contained in the sandbox. [*]If the Chrome session is exploited in the sandbox, then it is not safe to open PDF documents that contain personal or confidential information. [/LIST] Of course, for many users, the built-in PDF viewer in Edge will be enough. [/QUOTE]
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