Windows Rights Management

[Jim]

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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-- 
 Jim

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