>Hi All
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>Is there a utility that one can run to protect all PDF files in a folder and sub-folders with a password (or something similar)? I have thousands of PDF files and am looking for a quick way to "lock" them all in one go.
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>Any ideas?
>
>Thanks

Jos,

Note this article on the general subject of Acrobat security:

How Secure Is PDF?
http://www.itsecurity.com/security.htm?s=1325

excerpt:

This paper is written by Bryan Guignard, an Adobe Certified expert. In summary he says 'Because of the 'respect' model used by the PDF specification, your encrypted PDF files offer about as much strength as dried eggshells!".

Mike