Alan B. Pearce wrote:
>>> I left out an important detail. The PDF is encrypted with a 3rd party
>>> plug-in, FileOpen:
>>>
>>> http://www.fileopen.com/
>>>
>>> It is currently considered unbreakable. :(
>>>
>>> Print/scan/OCR it is, then.
>>>
>>
>>Oh that is totally different then.
>
> But a gargoyle for "FileOpen hack" turns up this as the first link ...
> http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Adobe/Gallery/
>
> Scroll down for a C program that might do what you want ...

It was possible to do that before, basically the Elcomsoft's utility would 
"steal" the key (not crack it). That security hole has since been patched, 
as acknowledged by Elcomsoft.

It's OK guys, I printed out a hard copy, and scanned/OCRed it into a PDF. 
Will do for now. Thanks for trying to help.

Best regards,

Vitaliy 

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