Re: [iText-questions] Encryption options with iText

[Leonard Rosenthol]

At 09:45 AM 1/25/2006, Aaron J Weber wrote:

So is there some "more secure" method of leveraging the encryption?
 
For example, if I DO set a user-password, then encrypt the document, is that "better"?

        Yes, if you set a user password AND a permissions/owner password, then the only way to "break" the encryption is brute force. 

        OR if you use Certificate-based crypto, that's also better.


Leonard

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