>On Wed, 20 Feb 2002 08:47:15 -0500 "James, Randy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote. >I would like to look into this. On the matter of the legal matter, what >exactly is the law? Is there a site that I might reference to fully >understand what the legal issues are? Seems like I heard that 64 bit or >greater encryption must abide by strict export laws. I'm not 100ure on >this though. >
exactly. Thats the problem. If someone who is legally educated wishes to navigate this (and contribute) then fine. I'm just disinterested in going to jail. I also don't have the money to hire a lawyer to explain this to me. I've only gotten lay people to tell me what they thought the law was which is nice, but irrelevant. I suggest it should be an unloadable module. -Andy >R > >-----Original Message----- >From: Andrew C. Oliver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 9:12 PM >To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' >Subject: RE: Protected Sheet > > >We're happy to accept a contribution provided you can make the >encryption pluggable so that we don't have to deal with export laws. >(meaning those who need it can use it).. . I truly don't think it would >be hard to implement, just the legal matter scares me. > >-Andy > >On Tue, 2002-02-19 at 08:51, James, Randy wrote: >> This is what I was afraid of. I had read the javadoc that mentioned this. >> It's a shame that the Microsoft Spec requires the sheet to be encrypted to >> produce read only cells. My dilemma is that I need to create dynamic >> spreadsheets to send to end users that allows them to only fill out >certain >> portions. Altering the format can really throw a kink in the utility I >> wrote to read in the returned spreadsheet. I have been able to protect >the >> workbook level(non password protected). As I understand this only locks >the >> structure of the spreadsheet. >> >> Thanks for all of the excellent hard work on this project. It has really >> benefited me! >> >> R >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Andrew C. Oliver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2002 9:22 PM >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: Re: Protected Sheet >> >> >> Unfortunately, that switch actually encrypts the workbook. HSSF does >> not support any kind of encryption. Encryption scares me because I >> start thinking of potential jail time. >> >> -Andy >> >> On Mon, 2002-02-11 at 22:21, Randy James wrote: >> > Hello, >> > >> > I am successfully generating excel files using the hssf package. Now >the >> client is requesting certain cells to be locked or hidden. I have found >the >> methods to hide and lock cells but I understand that the sheet must be >> protected in order for these properties to take effect. Is there an easy >> way to protect the sheet with the high level APIs? All I really need to >do >> is flip the switch to protect the Sheet. I hope this is the correct forum >> to ask this. >> > >> > Thanks >> > >> > R >> > -- >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Win a ski trip! >> > http://www.nowcode.com/register.asp?affiliate=1net2phone3a >> > >> > >> -- >> www.superlinksoftware.com >> www.sourceforge.net/projects/poi - port of Excel format to java >> http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/bugParade/bugs/4487555.html >> - fix java generics! >> >> >> The avalanche has already started. It is too late for the pebbles to >> vote. >> -Ambassador Kosh >-- >www.superlinksoftware.com >www.sourceforge.net/projects/poi - port of Excel format to java >http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/bugParade/bugs/4487555.html > - fix java generics! > > >The avalanche has already started. It is too late for the pebbles to >vote. >-Ambassador Kosh
