On 09/09/2011 02:38 AM, Marcello Romani wrote: > Il 09/09/2011 10:28, krisb ha scritto: >> Hi all, >> >> This is my first message here so please be tolerant :) >> Maybe it is a not right place to ask, but let me start. I'm wondering if is >> possible to open encrypted xlsx/docx files in Libo? IMHO MSO rights and >> concept of protecting files exclude possibility of opening it in competitors >> software, since it would be a breaking of encryption algorithm and it would >> be against MSO rights. Am I right? The encryption methods are part which I >> am not well acquainted yet :) > > Let's forget for a moment MS's anti-competitor practices. Encryption > doesn't rely on the algorithm being secret, but on the /encryption key/ > being secret and strong enough to be practically impossible (or > extremely costly) to guess with brute force. > > The fact that MS tries to keep algorithms or implementation details > hidden to hinder competition is a more general problem which has nothing > to do with encryption. ... Really? I see nothing hidden here:
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