Just to throw another idea into the mix. Using PGP (and others I'm sure) you can create a self decrypting archive. This negates the other end needing to install software, but it does mean additional training and software install for your users.
/paul On 8/11/06, Kirill S. Palagin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Let me give this idea some thought. Thanks. WBR, K. Palagin. > -----Original Message----- > From: Dan Lewis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2006 6:27 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [users] Calc - saving in .xls with password protection? > > On Thursday 10 August 2006 07:36 am, Kirill S. Palagin wrote: > > I know it is weak - I opened protected files myself when users lost > > their pwd. But this is how it is - users and management > want files to > > be passworded, which requires .ods. Sending .ods requires OO on the > > other end. Forcing business partner into installing some piece of > > software on their computers is very troublesome for me as systems > > administrator (as I do not even know them personally) and for boss > > (because he is technology-impaired). > > > > Installing PGP even more difficult because it requires training at > > both sides. > > > This is what happens when a proprietary format has to be used. > There is no way for other software programs to match all of > the characteristics of the format. > There is no easy answer to this if one even exists. > Perhaps a demonstration of the difference in protection > between MS Office and OOo might convince them of the "need" > to install OOo to better protect their files. i.e., show them > how easy a password protected MS Office file can be opened > vs. the almost impossibility to open a password protected OOo > file. Seeing is believing in many cases. > > Dan > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Dan Lewis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2006 3:11 PM > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: [users] Calc - saving in .xls with password > protection? > > > > > > On Thursday 10 August 2006 05:22 am, Eike Rathke wrote: > > > > Hi Kirill, > > > > > > > > On Thu, Aug 10, 2006 at 10:32:43 +0400, Kirill S. Palagin wrote: > > > > > I understand perfectly that currently Calc can not > save in .xls > > > > > format with password protection, but still have a > question - can > > > > > this be done at all? Or it is fundamentally impossible? > > > > > > > > It would be technically possible, but isn't implemented. > > > > > > > > Eike > > > > > > The password protection for Excel is not all that good. > > > I assume you sending the Excel file to someone else. You would be > > > better protecting the spreadsheet if you installed PGP > and used that > > > to encrypt your Excel files you send. > > > Either that or have your recipients install OOo and use OOo's > > > spreadsheets. > > > > > > Dan > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > >---- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For > > >additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > >-- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For > >additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For > additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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