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tjax · 03-31-2009, 09:49 PM

Hi guys,

I'm new to the DRM ebooks and I've found you via Google.

I've just purchased an Adobe PDF ebook from echapterone.com. The PDF starts with "%PDF-1.5". It opens fine in Adobe Digital Editions 1.7.1079 (the latest version). After launching ineptkey.pyw (version 3) I get "key successfully retrieved" and the adeptkey.der file. I launch ineptpdf.pyw (version 2), I select my PDF and a name for the output file (test.pdf) and let it do its job. After a few moments I get my decrypted pdf. The problem is that it's broken. FoxIt Reader 1.3 complains that it "could not parse test.pdf". Adobe Reader 7 says that the file is damaged but is being repaired, then "the file is damaged and could not be repaired". When trying to open it with Digital Editions, I get only a blank page.

When opening the decrypted file with a text editor, it starts with "%PDF-1.5", it ends with "%%EOF", its structure seems fine - you can clearly see the tags. Something is wrong though, like the key might be wrong.

So, has Adobe already updated their system, or am I doing something wrong?

03-31-2009, 09:49 PM	#208
tjax Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: none	Hi guys, I'm new to the DRM ebooks and I've found you via Google. I've just purchased an Adobe PDF ebook from echapterone.com. The PDF starts with "%PDF-1.5". It opens fine in Adobe Digital Editions 1.7.1079 (the latest version). After launching ineptkey.pyw (version 3) I get "key successfully retrieved" and the adeptkey.der file. I launch ineptpdf.pyw (version 2), I select my PDF and a name for the output file (test.pdf) and let it do its job. After a few moments I get my decrypted pdf. The problem is that it's broken. FoxIt Reader 1.3 complains that it "could not parse test.pdf". Adobe Reader 7 says that the file is damaged but is being repaired, then "the file is damaged and could not be repaired". When trying to open it with Digital Editions, I get only a blank page. When opening the decrypted file with a text editor, it starts with "%PDF-1.5", it ends with "%%EOF", its structure seems fine - you can clearly see the tags. Something is wrong though, like the key might be wrong. So, has Adobe already updated their system, or am I doing something wrong? Last edited by tjax; 03-31-2009 at 09:51 PM.