There are pdf viewers and pdf image and text extraction tools for various platforms that allow you to extract content despite the document Security Methods specification of Document Restrictions. Failing that you could always do screen grabs and Optical Character Recognition.
DRM failing because they let people actually see their super-Sekrets. Saw a fun one recently, watermarks whose text becomes opaque after printing once. Gee, you make the file ugo-w, or should you start looking out for signs of a root kit? D. --- Peter Gutmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Lets say you've been tasked with implementing a DRM system. So you > go to the > Digital Content Protection LLC site and download the HDCP spec, which > contains > all the test vectors, sample keys, and whatnot, that you need for > HDCP. > > However, since it's from Digital Content Protection LLC, the docs are > DRM'd > (PDF-protected from copying). So you can eyeball the key tables and > test > vectors that you need to implement the DRM, you just can't use them. > > DRM, helping prevent... DRM. > > Peter. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The Cryptography Mailing List > Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
