Not worried about transport - we realize email and plain ftp are not secure and encryption is not required - just concerned about preventing editing or copying and want to avoid passwords on either end if possible.
Ideally, a way to add a "wrapper" for the file that activates when the file is opened and locks the file to only allow viewing or printing. We may not really have a problem but I've been asked to investigate if such a methodology exists. Roger Wright ___ "You can't believe most of the quotes you read on the internet." - Abraham Lincoln On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 2:53 PM, Matthew W. Ross <[email protected]>wrote: > Are you worried about the transport of the PDFs? If so, abandon email as > your transport. SFTP would be better, or a comercial product such as > Sharefile.com would do you better. > > As for verifying the file had not changed... MD5Sum? > > > --Matt Ross > Ephrata School District > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Roger Wright > [mailto:[email protected]] > To: [email protected] > Sent: Fri, 07 Jun > 2013 11:33:29 -0800 > Subject: [NTSysADM] Seucuring PDF Files > > > > Our company sends out PDF reports to clients, primarily via email. > > Questions have come up regarding the security of these reports once they > > are in the hands of recipients. I know we can use passwords to prevent > > editing but passwords create their own challenges due to typos, sharing, > > former employees, etc. > > > > Fortunately, we're not dealing with regulatory compliance issues but are > > concerned since reports contain verbiage and signatures that, if modified > > and/or copied for nefarious reasons, my create legal issues. We're not > so > > concerned about preventing internal editing as much as preventing > external > > recipients from possibly editing said documents. > > > > Is there a practical method or system that would lock a file for editing > > one the recipient has opened it without requiring a password? > > > > > > Roger Wright > > ___ > > > > "You can't believe most of the quotes you read on the internet." - > Abraham > > Lincoln > > > > > > >
