Jan van Aar wrote:
Hi Cor,
The number of the issue is 54587.
Niklas wrote:
"It's known and accepted (see issues 8426 and 29387). Sheet or document
protection doesn't give any real security, by concept."
Maybe it is wise to revise this vision. I am not the only one who is
looking for a possibility to protect his applications. MSExcel does not
meet this demands, while Ooo has the power for it. Should it not be nice
to exploit this and add another point to Ooo in beating MS?
How do I work out: " , you might think of put a necessary function to
use the spreadsheet, in the library that holds the save-as functionality."
I don't see a problem in supplying Ooo with my spreadsheets. It is easy
to put it on the CD with them.
It seems to me there is little hope of a fix for what I see as a bug, so
I need your help with the option you mentioned.
I've read through the information reg. digital signatures in the (ever
growing ;-) user guide (compliments). And the specs at
spec.openoffice.org for this item.
So a digital signature makes traceble who edited a certain document,
that the document is indeed from the person it should be, etc.
However this is not the same as allowing someone to use a spreadsheet,
and at the same time preventing him/her access to all the contents of
the document.
Password-protection of a workbook and hiding sheets looked
fine...however: the hidden contents is just there in the unzipped
XML-file ánd the password disapears on a SaveAs to .xls.
Encripting a document is very secure, however does not allow the use of
the document ;-)
So the solution I've found for a Calc-document: put some vital
functions/data in a encrypted macro. The document is usable, whereas the
'intelligence' is hidden.
Greetings,
Cor
NB I see I've mixed up two threads on this subject
- [users] How do I password protect my OpenOffice documents?
- [users] document protection
so I cross-post this - probably final - contribution to this subject.
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Cor Nouws
http://www.nouenoff.nl
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