[JimM]

I'd like to put some "sensitive" documents on the internet. The documents are pdf's. I could save them as jpg', but they get huge.

I need to allow veiwing and printing, but not copying and saving.

How do I do it?

[HarleyD67]

From the other thread about the wiring diagrams I assume you figured it out correct?

[JimM]

no, I have not. I attempted a bullsh*t and got caught at it, so I pulled the files for now. While I can find some freebies to protect images, these files are 25k as pdf's, near a meg as 72dpi jpegs!!!

[HarleyD67]

Jim PM sent.

[rojo]

Originally Posted by JimM

I'd like to put some "sensitive" documents on the internet. The documents are pdf's. I could save them as jpg', but they get huge.

I need to allow veiwing and printing, but not copying and saving.

How do I do it?

I don't think that can happen. If I can view it or print it I can save it. Hi res, capture the screen you have it. We're about to install some document management software at work (I know we're behind). This stuff is amazing with the OCR and indexing capabilities.

[HarleyD67]

Originally Posted by rojo

I don't think that can happen. If I can view it or print it I can save it. Hi res, capture the screen you have it. We're about to install some document management software at work (I know we're behind). This stuff is amazing with the OCR and indexing capabilities.

That's what we did in the PM I sent you Jim. Even if you transfer it to a secure adobe file where you can't copy the picture I can still go in and copy the whole file and pull it apart to my liking.

[clwilcox33]

Jim, I just saw this before heading to bed. Let me see what I can come up with tomorrow.

[jet_car2000]

Christropher if you come up with a way to post documents that no one can copy, think the same can be done for pictures as well??? if so i would love to know how.
Thanks Frank

[JimM]

an internet search shows several products, some free, that work on "image files" which I'm currently reading to mean pictures, not pdf's. They work by scrambling the data in the picture file and including a "descrambler" on the webserver. If you copy or save the image, or even take a screen shot, what you get is encrypted, won't display anywhere accept the original webpage.

I haven't found anything that claims to work with pdf's specifically tho.

[clwilcox33]

Yeah, the one's I know about are really for images as well. You could convert the pdf's to images, but it all seems like it might not really be worth it when folks could just go pay a few bucks for the real deal from Larry. I'm sort of on the fence on if the diagrams really should be put up or not when when I feel Larry would be losing money for his work.

[68DaveV]

If you allow printing, couldn't I just print and scan/OCR the document to save it?

[clwilcox33]

Yes you could, and that's part of the issue...There's not an easy way to do this, but I'm still researching.

[rojo]

Who is Larry? I guess I missed the original issue. Any link?