Windows Rights Management

[Bill Nash]

So what happens when you're running Windows via bochs or similiar, and use
the parent OS's screen capture? =)

- billn

On Tue, 11 Mar 2003, 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:
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> "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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