Re: Creating Secure PDFs

Subject: Re: Creating Secure PDFs
From: Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: "techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2017 11:55:30 -0400

I'm with Tony, although I'd consider using a stronger encryption tool,
e.g., 7-Zip, to create a *.7z file. Then maybe upload it to a
password-protected cloud storage location, e.g., Dropbox.

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On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 11:40 AM, Julie Stickler <jstickler -at- gmail -dot- com>
wrote:

> Brian has a point, I've personally broken into a locked PDF. It really is
> not hard to do.
>
> On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 7:22 PM, <Brian -dot- Henderson -at- mitchell1 -dot- com> wrote:
>
> > FYI...All the ways to password protect PDFs (and zips) that I'm aware of
> > are very easy to break, if that matters.
> >
> > -Brian H.
> >
> > -----Original Message----- From: Tony Chung
> >
> > Google says the quickest way would be to zip the file and password
> protect
> > the zip.
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References:
Creating Secure PDFs: From: Meryl R. Cohen
Re: Creating Secure PDFs: From: Tony Chung
RE: Creating Secure PDFs: From: Brian.Henderson
Re: Creating Secure PDFs: From: Julie Stickler

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