iTextSharp Password Protected PDF

Question

The following question and answer on StackOverflow show how to generate a PDF that cannot be opened without the appropriate password.

Password protected PDF using

Answer 1

Yes, there are two passwords that you can pass to PdfEncryptor.Encrypt(), userPassword and ownerPassword. Just pass null to the userPassword and people will be able to open it without specify a password.

        string WorkingFolder = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.Desktop);
        string InputFile = Path.Combine(WorkingFolder, "Test.pdf");
        string OutputFile = Path.Combine(WorkingFolder, "Test_enc.pdf");

        using (Stream input = new FileStream(InputFile, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.Read))
        {
            using (Stream output = new FileStream(OutputFile, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write, FileShare.None))
            {
                PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(input);
                PdfEncryptor.Encrypt(reader, output, true, null, "secret", PdfWriter.ALLOW_SCREENREADERS);
            }
        }