What is File Protection?
File Protection applies primarily to the distribution
of files to locations and recipients outside of an organizationīs
normal file-management system. Therefore, you will normally apply
file protection to the copies of your DGN files that leave your control.
File protection has the following components:
Author and user distinction
It is important to distinguish between
the author, the person who protects a file and has unlimited rights,
and users, the people who open and work with a protected file. File
Protection assumes that any user who has physical read/write access
to an unprotected file is authorized to protect it. In other words,
the author is simply the person who first protects the file.
Levels of security
Using File
Protection, an author can protect his digital property at two levels
by:
excluding unauthorized persons
The author protects a file by encrypting it, then authorizing
only specific digital certificates and/or passwords to access it.
It is impossible for anyone to open a protected file without an authorized
certificate or password.
restricting usage rights to authorized persons
The author uses an authorized certificate or password to restrict
usage by the user. Specifically, the author restricts the user's right
to print, export, and/or modify the file or places a time limit on
the user's right to access the file. The author may also specify an
“authentication URL” to function as a dynamic check on
a user's right to access the file.
 | To ensure that your files will become more secure over
time, older versions of Bentley View are
unable to open files that are protected by newer versions of the product.
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