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From: Dave Bodenstab <imdave@synet.net>
Message-Id: <199701301810.MAA07180@base486.synet.net>
To: shawn@luke.cpl.net
Subject: Re: pdf?
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Shawn Ramsey <shawn@luke.cpl.net> wrote:
> Is there a viewer that supports excrypted PDF's for FreeBSD? GV or xpdf
> don't seem to work. :(

If you look at ghostscript's file "pdf_sec.ps" you'll find the comments:

  % pdf_sec.ps
  % Security hooks for PDF reader.

  % This file contains the procedures that have to take encryption into
  % account when reading a PDF file.  There is no actual decryption code here,
  % because U.S. export control laws might prohibit making this file available
  % to anyone outside the U.S. if the code were included.  Instead, you can
  % get the real version of this file from
  %       http://www.ozemail.com.au/~geoffk/pdfencrypt/pdf_sec.ps
  % or, if the ~ character upsets your software,
  %       http://www.ozemail.com.au/%7Egeoffk/pdfencrypt/pdf_sec.ps


Although I've installed the modifications to my copy of Ghostscript 4.3,
I have not (to my knowledge) had an encrypted pdf file upon which
to test them.

Dave Bodenstab
imdave@synet.net