[dba-Tech] Securing Excel File to avoid E-mail forwards

Erwin Craps - IT Helps Erwin.Craps at ithelps.be
Fri Dec 23 01:02:11 CST 2005


Thx

 

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Van: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] Namens MartyConnelly
Verzonden: donderdag 22 december 2005 19:45
Aan: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Onderwerp: Re: [dba-Tech] Securing Excel File to avoid E-mail forwards

Here is a book chapter on Office Security and DIRM Secure your documents
with Word 2003's privacy and security options Step by step instructions
on IRM, should apply to Excel too.
http://techrepublic.com.com/5138-1009-5933819.html?tag=nl.e056

Erwin Craps - IT Helps wrote:

>I could make a call to the Internet Explorer from within Excel and let 
>IE do a post...
>I'm using that in one of my apps (from Access), I'm not sure, but 
>pretty sure the firewall will see IE as the app originator. Which is in

>this case always allowed.
>
>Most Companies dot not have a firwall on each pc...
>
>Erwin
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>Van: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] Namens Stuart McLachlan
>Verzonden: dinsdag 20 december 2005 21:54
>Aan: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
>Onderwerp: Re: [dba-Tech] Securing Excel File to avoid E-mail forwards
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>On 20 Dec 2005 at 21:27, Erwin Craps - IT Helps wrote:
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>>I'm not that sure about that.
>>If it's a regular port 80 post it should work, when the user has 
>>internet access.
>>Wich I'm sure he has in this case.
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>Any decent personal firewall and many corporate one will block it 
>because only certain applications are allowed access to certain ports 
>and Excel is not usually used as an HTTP client.
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