security-and-privacy/mat2
security-and-privacy
/
mat2
mirror of
1
0
Fork 0
Code Releases Activity

Add a note about metadata

This commit is contained in:
jvoisin 2019-12-02 17:10:34 +01:00
parent 8c7b23be90
commit 4ba4b143e6
1 changed files with 10 additions and 0 deletions
Show Stats Download Patch File Download Diff File Expand all files Collapse all files

10
doc/mat2.1
View File

@ -62,6 +62,16 @@ mat2 ./myfile.pdf
.fi
.PP
.SH NOTES ABOUT METADATA
While mat2 is doing its very best to display metadata when the --show flag is
passed, it doesn't mean that a file is clean from any metadata if mat2 doesn't
show any. There is no reliable way to detect every single possible metadata for
complex file formats.
.PP
This is why you shouldn't rely on metadata's presence to decide if your file must
be cleaned or not.
.SH BUGS
While mat2 does its very best to remove every single metadata,