Re: PDF is blocked for printing, etc. OK for acroread (it behaves as expected), but KPDF allows me to print it, even if it is protected! Why?

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Subject: Re: PDF is blocked for printing, etc. OK for acroread (it behaves as expected), but KPDF allows me to print it, even if it is protected! Why?
From: Xavier Vello <xavier.vello@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 21:37:58 +0200
Message-id: <[🔎] 201004202137.59067.xavier.vello@gmail.com>
In-reply-to: <[🔎] 878w8j9fvy.fsf@windlord.stanford.edu>
References: <[🔎] 4BCC5B32.5030300@student.ulg.ac.be> <[🔎] 20100419230530.GG29145@gwolf.org> <[🔎] 878w8j9fvy.fsf@windlord.stanford.edu>

Le Tuesday 20 April 2010 01:33:37, Russ Allbery a écrit :
> Why not put both a banner on the document and set the no-print flag to
> force a prompt at printing time?  Defense in depth is almost always a good
> idea.

There's a configuration option in KPDF (and okular, its KDE4 version) saying 
"obey DRM limitations" (unchecked by default). You can activate it, and a tool 
like kiosk might help to configure the default for a corporation.


Regards
-- 
Xavier Vello

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