Adobe 22020737 Acrobat X Pro Manual - Page 223

USING ACROBAT X PRO 217 Security 4 Choose from the following options: • To allow access to all URLs, select Allow PDF Files To Access All Web Sites. • To restrict access to all URLs, select Block PDF Files' Access To All Web Sites. • To restrict access to only the URLs you specify, select Custom Setting. • To add a website, type its URL in the Host Name text box and click Allow or Block. • To remove a URL you no longer want to visit, select the website in the list and click Delete. • To specify what the program should do with websites not in your custom list, select one of these options: Always Ask, Allow Access, Block Access. For more information, see the Application Security Guide at www.adobe.com/go/learn_acr_appsecurity_en. Note: If you open a protected PDF and receive a prompt to allow or block a URL, select Remember My Action For This Site. This reply adds the URL to this list. Attachments Attachments represent a potential security risk because they can contain malicious content, open other dangerous files, or launch applications. Acrobat and Reader always let you open and save PDF and FDF file attachments. Acrobat and Reader recognize certain files, such as those whose names end in .bin, .exe, and .bat, as threats. You can't attach such files. Acrobat does allow you to attach files that cannot be saved or opened from Acrobat, such as ZIP files. However, this practice is not recommended. Acrobat and Reader maintain a white list of file types that can be opened or saved, and a black list of file types that cannot. You are allowed to attach file types that are not on either list. However, when you open or save a file of an "unrecognized" type, you see a dialog box asking whether you trust the file type. For details, see the Application Security Guide at www.adobe.com/go/learn_acr_appsecurity_en. Manually add a file type to a black or white list Administrators can modify the black or white list through the registry. Users can manually add a new file type to a black or white list by attaching the file and then trying to open it. 1 Choose Tools > Content > Attach A File. 2 Add a file type that is not in the black or white list. 3 Right-click the file in the Attachments pane on the left and choose Open Attachment. 4 In the Launch Attachment dialog box, select one of the following options, and then click OK: Open This File: Opens the file without changing the registry list. Always Allow Opening Files Of This Type: Adds the file type to the white list and prevents future warnings. Never Allow Opening Files Of This Type: Adds the file type to the black list and does not open it. You can possibly attach a file of this type to a PDF, but you can't open it. Note: To restrict a file type that you permitted in the past, reset (restore) attachment permissions in the Trust Manager Preferences. Reset (restore) attachment permissions Because the list of allowed and disallowed file attachment types can grow over time, you can reset the lists to their original state. This state can sometimes provide the highest level of security. 1 Choose Edit > Preferences (Windows) or Acrobat/Adobe Reader > Preferences (Mac OS). Last updated 10/11/2011