Robert Volke wrote:
I've been looking over the documentation that is out there and have had
difficulty finding how to password protect my documents using the beta
version of OpenOffice (I have version 109 on an NT box). One of the
solutions I found was being able to check the "Save with Password" box
when attempting the "Save-as" option, but it is grayed out. I have
toyed around with the other security routes but I'm having difficulty,
and can't seem to get it to work the way I want.
I need to be able to lock files at three different levels:
- protect file from being opened by the wrong person
That's what "Save with password" does. The file's content is encrypted,
you can't open it without the password. This is supposed to be secure.
So if you don't choose your dog's name as the password, and there isn't
any unknown weakness in the implementation, you're safe.
But this is only available for our own formats (OpenDocument, or the 1.x
formats), not for saving in Microsoft's formats.
- protect files as read-only so that users can open a file if they wish
to view it, but may not edit it
Use sheet/document protection in spreadsheets, or protected sections in
a text document. But don't expect any miracles: These are basically
hints to the application, requesting that these parts aren't modified.
All the contents are readable in the file.
- protect file from being opened then protect it from being edited
(essentially make it so that only some people can open the file as
read-only, and the rest can't open it)
The two choices above can also be combined, within their limitations.
I need to know how to do each of these seamlessly so that we can
replace Microsoft completely (its protection and all). This is urgent,
so any help that can be given will be greatly appreciated. Unless I
figure this out very soon my company is going to drop the project
entirely, due to the high security risk of using the two softwares
together and OpenOffice being able to crack Microsoft Read-only
passwords. Thank you,
These passwords aren't "cracked", they are just ignored. There really
isn't more to them.
Niklas
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