[pdftex] pdftex-pdfcrypt update

[Hans Hagen]

At 10:45 AM 3/28/01 +0200, Ricardo Sanchez Carmenes wrote:

>Well, it's a question for experts, and I'm not, but apparently it is not
>so difficult. I guess that as the encryption algorithm only uses a 5-byte
>key, brute-force approaches are affordable.

so part of the key is hardcoded in acrobat viewers, well then it's a matter
of time before that key is public. Can you view your files with GS?  


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