My mistake. See http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/cracking.html But, nonetheless, it is simple to make the mods, I'm sure. Rogan > -----Original Message----- > From: Valdis.Kletnieksat_private [mailto:Valdis.Kletnieksat_private] > Sent: 17 May 2002 02:51 > To: Dawes, Rogan (ZA - Johannesburg) > Cc: 'Sumit Dhar'; Kurt Seifried; bad bob; vuln-dev > Subject: Re: PDF modifications? > > > On Fri, 17 May 2002 08:14:18 +0200, "Dawes, Rogan (ZA - > Johannesburg)" said: > > > If the PDF is openable and viewable, but is "protected", so > that you can't > > select or print or annotate, that is easily bypassed with almost any > > non-Adobe PDF viewer, such as xpdf, which simply elects not > to honour that > > setting in the PDF. The data is all there, because you can > view it, it is > > simply a case of the software choosing to not let you > select it. Find some > > software that doesn't honour those document settings, and > you are on your > > way. > > > > As I recall, there was some discussion about this issue on > the xpdf lists, > > or somewhere, about whether xpdf should honour the document > requests or not, > > but it is really moot, since the source is there, just > modify it to suit. I > > think that was the conclusion by the xpdf developers, so > they simply didn't > > bother honouring the setting. > > This must have been pre-DMCA. I would recommend that the xpdf > developers not visit the US, lest they be Skylarov'ed. > > (The vuln-dev connection? Consider why Alan Cox censored a > Linux kernel > changelog - but further discussion should probably be moved > to a political > list. If you're in the US and of voting age, contact your > Congresscreature > and tell them you want them to support Rep. Rick Boucher (D-VA) in his > attempts to fix the anti-circumvention clause of the DMCA). > > We now return you to your regularly scheduled vuln-dev > discussion, which > may be in violation of the anti-circumvention clause.... > -- > Valdis Kletnieks > Computer Systems Senior Engineer > Virginia Tech > > >
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