Re: [libreoffice-users] Digital signing MS format documents

On 13/09/2011, draganb <d_bocevski@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
> we started using LibreOffice as an alternative to MS Office in our
> organization, on some of the computers. It all started well, but we've hit a
> wall with digital signing. As I understand, the document must be in
> OpenDocument format for the signing to work. The problem is that we will not
> be able to use the LibreOffice native format in the near future and we are
> stuck with the MS formats for which the signing doesn't work.

Firstly, I shall assume your organisation has legal installations of
m$. Correct me if wrong, but there may be a legal implication as a
result of using digital signatures, so why would you want to use LO
generate a digital signature for a proprietary format not owned by LO?
This may be a legal problem for LO assuming a digital signature is
supposed to authenticate the user, content and the software used to
create that content and so it is entirely appropriate for LO to
provide digital signatures only for the native odf.

Are you really "stuck" or just unwilling to explain to your clients
that you are using LO and the benefits derived from using LO?

Of course, the main benefit is supposed to be the advantages of odf...

> Is there any way around this? Or maybe I should post this as a feature
> request?

Well, m$ users will vote for this because of the short-term
convenience, but it would be a very bad consequence for LO. See
previous posts for the reasons.

You need to perform a cost benefit analysis for your use of LO;
otherwise, revert to m$.

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