Bug#462385: evince: encrypted pdf's don't work

[Sven Arvidsson]

On Thu, 2008-01-24 at 14:09 +0100, Anders Boström wrote:
> Encrypted pdf's don't work. I've tested with pdf's from Marvell
> and Broadcom, neither work at all. I only get a requester stating
> "Failed to load document from data (error 1)'" At the seame time, this
> is written to stderr:
> Error: Couldn't open file '/tmp/evince-19042/document-0-88E1141_5.pdf'
> Error: Couldn't open file '/tmp/evince-19042/document-0-88E1141_5.pdf'
> 
> The documents work fine with xpdf and acroread.
> 
> According to http://live.gnome.org/Evince/Features:
> "Evince can open PDF documents that have been encrypted".
> 
> The documents from Marvell I've tested with is pdf version 1.5 created
> with acrobat destiller 6.0.1 (Windows) using 40-bit RC4.
> 
> The documents from Broadcom I've tested with is pdf version 1.3
> created with activepdf using 128-bit RC4.
> 
> I can't attach any of the documents due to NDA restrictions.
> 
> I'd like to have a public accessable encrypted pdf to test with, but
> haven't found one.

Hi,

OpenOffice can create encrypted PDF files, but I'm not sure what kind of
encryption it uses. 
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOoAuthors_User_Manual/Writer_Guide/Exporting_to_PDF

I'm also attaching a sample file, with the password "debian". It works
fine for me in Evince.

-- 
Cheers,
Sven Arvidsson
http://www.whiz.se
PGP Key ID 760BDD22
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