Prevent files from unauthorized copying.

Hi Everybody,
We are looking for a solution that prevent unauthorized copying of files
We will create some files and put them onto customer's Server or PC but we
don't want them to copy that files to another Server or PC is there any way
to implement this solution ?

Best Regards
Bayram Guldibi.

I know of no way to make the files accessible to them without allowing them
to copy them, not on any operating system.

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<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi Everybody,
> We are looking for a solution that prevent unauthorized copying of files
> We will create some files and put them onto customer's Server or PC but we
> don't want them to copy that files to another Server or PC is there any
way
> to implement this solution ?
>
> Best Regards
> Bayram Guldibi.
>
>

The only files I've run across that attempt to prevent copying while
allowing users to view them are the streaming video files. Even those are
not 100% effective even though the viewer software is trying to cooperate
with the idea. I've seen no text handler or spreadsheet handler that works
that way.

Bob


"Richard G. Harper [MVP Win9x]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I know of no way to make the files accessible to them without allowing
them
> to copy them, not on any operating system.
>
> --
> Richard G. Harper (MVP Win9x) (E-Mail Removed)
> * PLEASE post all messages and replies to the newsgroup so all may
> * benefit from the discussion. Private mail is usually not replied to.
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>
>
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hi Everybody,
> > We are looking for a solution that prevent unauthorized copying of files
> > We will create some files and put them onto customer's Server or PC but
we
> > don't want them to copy that files to another Server or PC is there any
> way
> > to implement this solution ?
> >
> > Best Regards
> > Bayram Guldibi.
> >
> >
>
>

I don't beleve there is a MS solution for such a thing, however you can
protect the files by using some kind of encryption that is only decryptable
by a generated key (made by the computers hardware using things like the mac
addr of the network card or whatever else that won't change) and a default
key(for emergencies). Other than that... I think you are out of luck.

--==ahem==-- that's a pretty nifty idea... maybe someone should create such
a file system --==ahem==--

The only time I've ever found a system that did this more or less
successfully was a point of sale system. It used a hidden partition, and C++
based software. I suspect that the files were locked to the POS program as
well. You could copy things, but the copy would not work.

<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi Everybody,
> We are looking for a solution that prevent unauthorized copying of files
> We will create some files and put them onto customer's Server or PC but we
> don't want them to copy that files to another Server or PC is there any
way
> to implement this solution ?
>
> Best Regards
> Bayram Guldibi.
>
>