Windows Rights Management

[Carl Parrish]

I think I've already posted this but I think it bares repeating that
anyone with business clients should check out this article.
http://www.aaxnet.com/editor/edit029.html

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On Tue, 2003-03-11 at 14:37, Jim wrote:
> Dont forget to mention this "feature" to your business clients.  MS is
> gonna control not only who can access business data (i.e. documents and
> spreadsheets, etc.) but also how they (or you) can access your own
> data.  Combine this WRM feature with remote disable capabilities
> (because they "suspect" that you have illicit software) and a business
> can be SOL when it comes to getting at their own data.
> 
> On Tue, 2003-03-11 at 14:04, Scott H wrote:
> > I have not verified the below myself, but it
> > comes from Paul Thurrot, News Editor of "Windows
> > and .NET" magazine, so expect it's at least
> > fairly accurate.  I throw this out just so it's
> > on everyone's radar.  I think you'll be able to
> > pull the implications out of this yourselves so I
> > won't bother to comment further, other than to
> > say it appears that - so far - this new twist is
> > easily circumvented:
> > ---------------------------------------------
> > "Office 2003 Beta 2 includes an interesting new
> > capability called Windows Rights Management (WRM)
> > that helps you protect sensitive corporate data
> > and other intellectual property. Available in
> > Word
> > 2003, Excel 2003, and Outlook 2003, this feature
> > lets you set permissions rights on documents,
> > spreadsheets, and email so that, for example, you
> > can prevent an email recipient from printing,
> > screen capturing, copying, or forwarding
> > sensitive information. In my early tests with WRM
> > technology, I've discovered a simple workaround,
> > but the technology does work roughly as
> > advertised: If you attempt to open a protected
> > email message in Outlook, Outlook connects you to
> > a WRM server to validate your permissions. If you
> > attempt to open that message in another email
> > client, the client won't open or display the
> > message."
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > .
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