Re: [dev] Implementing Document Restrictions in Star Office and Open Office

2006-04-19 Thread Mathias Bauer
Hi Valden, Valden Longhurst wrote: After talking with Malte Timmermann from Sun, he mentioned I might want to bring my ideas to this group. Is this the correct group for this idea? Attached is a PDF on how we can use both symmetric and asymmetric encryption--WITHOUT using a Rights

Re: [dev] Implementing Document Restrictions in Star Office and Open Office

2006-04-19 Thread Tom Schindl
Why not simply creating a Issue and attaching the document and posting the IT-ID ;-) To Mathias Bauer wrote: Hi Valden, Valden Longhurst wrote: After talking with Malte Timmermann from Sun, he mentioned I might want to bring my ideas to this group. Is this the correct group for this

[dev] Implementing Document Restrictions in Star Office and Open Office

2006-04-19 Thread Valden Longhurst
Second attempt because it seems the PDF didn't come through After talking with Malte Timmermann from Sun, he mentioned I might want to bring my ideas to this group. Is this the correct group for this idea? Attached are two OOo files on how we can use both symmetric and asymmetric

Re: [dev] Implementing Document Restrictions in Star Office and Open Office

2006-04-19 Thread Malte Timmermann
Valden, I personally wouldn't implement access control. Everybody can modify OOo and get rid of all security checks. So the only thing I would do is encrypting the session key with users public keys, so only certain people can open the document. That is all you can guarantee! Once somebody has

[dev] Implementing Document Restrictions in Star Office and Open Office

2006-04-18 Thread Valden Longhurst
After talking with Malte Timmermann from Sun, he mentioned I might want to bring my ideas to this group. Is this the correct group for this idea? Attached is a PDF on how we can use both symmetric and asymmetric encryption--WITHOUT using a Rights Management or Licensing server to enforce