Power Point Security

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I.TTrainer

Hello,

Any advice on how to protect power point files from copying, redistributing
etc. What are the other ways to protect power point material?

Sam
 
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Austin Myers

Steve Rindsberg said:
That requires a server-based add'l product, doesn't it?
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That's up to the user, you can set up your own server or use the free one on
the MS web site.
IOW, if you send me the presentation, I either can't open it at all or I can
install add'l client software that allows the server to verify my identity and
privilege level and then I can open it. Or if I don't have access the server,
I can't open it period.
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Correct.
 
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John O

Let's make that "the free *trial* one on the MS web site". ;-)
FWIW, folks, Austin and I had a trial run with this a bit earlier this evening.

To use a presentation encrypted this way, the recipient needs to download and
install 2.25mb worth of client software (which needs admnin privileges on the
computer). In addition, they need a .Net passport and access to a Windows 2003
server running the companion IRM server software to authenticate them.

It strikes me that it could be a very useful solution for a corporate network
but I don't think it'd work well for us peasants who just want to send somebody
else a presentation w/o giving them the keys to the bank vault. And I don't
think that's what MS intended it as.
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LOL, and MS thinks they're going to create an Acrobat-like tool? They always
seem to lock it into some other Thing I don't Need, limiting its usefulness.
No surprises, really. :)

-John O
 
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