[RAILhead]

Hey all

I want to place a PowerPoint presentation online and once the presentation is loaded, I'd like to prevent people from doing a Save As... or web archive and grabbing the whole shooting match. Does anyone know of a way to prevent this? I've searched all over but I can't find anything.

TIA,
Maury

[Fiend]

Password protect the site. If it gets out, at least you know who you gave the passwords to and can track it down from there.

[RAILhead]

Originally posted by Fiend:
Password protect the site. If it gets out, at least you know who you gave the passwords to and can track it down from there.

Reread my post: I've already done that. However, that's not good enough in a corporate environment with over 300 people. We want to prevent people -- competitors who may get the password -- from being able to download and save the file.

And yes, I've made sure they can't simply print it out.

Maury

[James L]

Can't be done. Like images, audio, etc, once it is viewable on the net it is public domain and a person who knows what they are doing can get it without breaking a sweat.

People argue this all the time, but it is the plain truth. A person who knows how to go through your code, how to use the cache, etc, will be able to grab it.

[budster101]

Originally posted by RAILhead:
Reread my post: I've already done that. However, that's not good enough in a corporate environment with over 300 people. We want to prevent people -- competitors who may get the password -- from being able to download and save the file.

And yes, I've made sure they can't simply print it out.

Maury

Do it in flash and then disable right-click, and print options...
Content is in a container removed from the main page.
Password protect it. Generate 30 character passwords.
Genereat encrypted actionscript for the presentation?
Use the getdate() option in flash, and make it disable the presenation
after it is shown on a specific date?

It's for 300 people?

Generate 300 passwords with people who have filled out forms and have registered for the event...

Employ 'Best Practices' for this event.

[budster101]

Originally posted by RAILhead:
Reread my post: I've already done that. However, that's not good enough in a corporate environment with over 300 people. We want to prevent people -- competitors who may get the password -- from being able to download and save the file.

And yes, I've made sure they can't simply print it out.

Maury

Make people register for the event.
Hold it on a certain time and day.
Send out only 300 passwords, 30 characters long.

Import it into Flash, password protect it, encrypt the actionscript, use the getdate() command and make it disable on a certain day and time.

Disable the right-click, and print options. It's easy with flash.
PowerPoint SUCKS.

[RAILhead]

Originally posted by James L:
Can't be done. Like images, audio, etc, once it is viewable on the net it is public domain and a person who knows what they are doing can get it without breaking a sweat.

People argue this all the time, but it is the plain truth. A person who knows how to go through your code, how to use the cache, etc, will be able to grab it.

This is exactly what my understanding has been, too, and what I've been telling my Higher Ups -- thanks for reaffirming it.

Maury

[Fiend]

Originally posted by RAILhead:
Reread my post: I've already done that. However, that's not good enough in a corporate environment with over 300 people. We want to prevent people -- competitors who may get the password -- from being able to download and save the file.

And yes, I've made sure they can't simply print it out.

Maury

I have reread it. 3 times. And one more time while I'm replying to this. I don't see anywhere in your original post that you have "I've already done that" in regards to password protecting the site.

But since you have, nevermind then.

[E's Lil Theorem]

Check out WebEx.

[The Godfather]

No online presentation is safe against the mighty ALT-PRTSCR (Windows) and COMMAND-SHIFT-3 (Mac).

Perhaps you could distribute the presentation in VHS with Macrovision protection

But if you are going to run the extra mile with this: you could convert the presentation to digital video, then apply some Final Cut filter that prevents screenshots to be readable, but when in motion, they can be read. Upload this video for streaming only.

[RAILhead]

Originally posted by Fiend:
I have reread it. 3 times. And one more time while I'm replying to this. I don't see anywhere in your original post that you have "I've already done that" in regards to password protecting the site.

But since you have, nevermind then.

Ahh, yeah -- I went back and edited that part out to make my question a bit more pithy. Sorry.

Maury

[bstone]

wrong forum

[RAILhead]

Originally posted by bstone:
wrong forum

Sue me.