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

[Anders Boström]

>>>>> "SA" == Sven Arvidsson <sa at whiz.se> writes:

 SA> 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.

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

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

Yes, it works fine in evince for me too, and it is encrypted using
128-bit RC4.

OK, then I know that OpenOffice generated encrypted pdf's work with
evince, and that the problem is isolated to some
documents/generators. However, acrobat destiller 6.0.1 is quite
common...

/ Anders