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bc PDF Creation Date: November 17, 2008 Digital Signature User Guide for Acrobat 9.0 and Adobe Reader 9.0 Acrobat® and Adobe® Reader® Version 9.0
bc PDF Creation Date: November 17, 2008 Digital Signature User Guide for Acrobat 9.0 and Adobe Reader 9.0 Acrobat® and Adobe® Reader® Version 9.0
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... regulations at 41 CFR Parts 60-1 through 227.7202-4, as are not intended to refer to the terms and conditions herein. Adobe, Acrobat, Reader, and the Adobe logo are used or copied only in 48 C.F.R. §12.212 or 48 C.F.R. §227.7202, as permitted by ... include in your new work could be protected under the copyright laws of Adobe Systems Incorporated in sample templates are for Adobe® Acrobat 9.0 and Adobe® Reader 9.0 on Windows® and Macintosh®. Adobe Systems Incorporated assumes no responsibility or liability for informational use only, is not...
... regulations at 41 CFR Parts 60-1 through 227.7202-4, as are not intended to refer to the terms and conditions herein. Adobe, Acrobat, Reader, and the Adobe logo are used or copied only in 48 C.F.R. §12.212 or 48 C.F.R. §227.7202, as permitted by ... include in your new work could be protected under the copyright laws of Adobe Systems Incorporated in sample templates are for Adobe® Acrobat 9.0 and Adobe® Reader 9.0 on Windows® and Macintosh®. Adobe Systems Incorporated assumes no responsibility or liability for informational use only, is not...
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... 103 7.2.3 Using Root Certificates in the Windows Certificate Store 104 7.2.4 Validating Signatures with Timestamps and Certificate Policies 105 7.3 Validating Signatures Manually 106 7.3.1 Validating Signatures with Adobe Reader ...106 7.3.2 Validating a Single Signature in Acrobat ...106 7.3.3 Validating All Signatures in a Browser...98 6.3.3 Clearing One or More Signatures ...99 7 Validating Signatures ...100 7.1 Signature Validity Basics...
... 103 7.2.3 Using Root Certificates in the Windows Certificate Store 104 7.2.4 Validating Signatures with Timestamps and Certificate Policies 105 7.3 Validating Signatures Manually 106 7.3.1 Validating Signatures with Adobe Reader ...106 7.3.2 Validating a Single Signature in Acrobat ...106 7.3.3 Validating All Signatures in a Browser...98 6.3.3 Clearing One or More Signatures ...99 7 Validating Signatures ...100 7.1 Signature Validity Basics...
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... "Internet URL Access" on page 146 1.2 Who Should Read This Guide? This guide should be responsible for deploying and supporting the Adobe Acrobat family of products: Working with digital IDs that are used in conjunction with Attachments" on page 141 "Controlling Access to...Working with the Acrobat Security Administration Guide. 8 This guide describes the digital signature features of the Acrobat 9.0 family of products (including Adobe Reader) in Acrobat, and manage other people's public key certificates within your clients use the application user interface.
... "Internet URL Access" on page 146 1.2 Who Should Read This Guide? This guide should be responsible for deploying and supporting the Adobe Acrobat family of products: Working with digital IDs that are used in conjunction with Attachments" on page 141 "Controlling Access to...Working with the Acrobat Security Administration Guide. 8 This guide describes the digital signature features of the Acrobat 9.0 family of products (including Adobe Reader) in Acrobat, and manage other people's public key certificates within your clients use the application user interface.
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... your certificate or server settings with someone, see Chapter 9, "External Content and Document Security". Sharing application settings: If you are setting up to the reader to determine what controls signature status as described in administrator-like tasks such as PERL programming and JavaScript scripting. Communication with servers is no clear...
... your certificate or server settings with someone, see Chapter 9, "External Content and Document Security". Sharing application settings: If you are setting up to the reader to determine what controls signature status as described in administrator-like tasks such as PERL programming and JavaScript scripting. Communication with servers is no clear...
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...the PDF language. Application deployment and configuration in Acrobat. Guidelines for Adobe Administrators & end users Acrobat and Adobe Reader Document Security User Guide Adobe Administrators & end users Acrobat and Adobe Reader For information about the Acrobat JavaScript APIs. The files can be...Anyone needing an overview A generic description of how signature work in Adobe Acrobat 9 Administrators & end users X-domain configuration specifically and other aspects of the and Adobe Reader 9 enhanced security feature generally. Enhanced Security in PDF. A description ...
...the PDF language. Application deployment and configuration in Acrobat. Guidelines for Adobe Administrators & end users Acrobat and Adobe Reader Document Security User Guide Adobe Administrators & end users Acrobat and Adobe Reader For information about the Acrobat JavaScript APIs. The files can be...Anyone needing an overview A generic description of how signature work in Adobe Acrobat 9 Administrators & end users X-domain configuration specifically and other aspects of the and Adobe Reader 9 enhanced security feature generally. Enhanced Security in PDF. A description ...
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...Files (Legacy): Not used for importing and exporting settings and certificates (usually PKCS#12 files). To do so, choose Advanced (Acrobat) or Document (Reader) > Security Settings, selecting Digital IDs in the left-hand tree, and then choosing Add ID. On the fly: You can import ... import and export the certificate and its public key to a group of time for later use. Contains: Digital ID (public and private keys) An Adobe file data exchange format used after Acrobat 5. Acrobat products can find or add IDs in signature and certificate security workflows. p12 (Mac) .fdf PKCS...
...Files (Legacy): Not used for importing and exporting settings and certificates (usually PKCS#12 files). To do so, choose Advanced (Acrobat) or Document (Reader) > Security Settings, selecting Digital IDs in the left-hand tree, and then choosing Add ID. On the fly: You can import ... import and export the certificate and its public key to a group of time for later use. Contains: Digital ID (public and private keys) An Adobe file data exchange format used after Acrobat 5. Acrobat products can find or add IDs in signature and certificate security workflows. p12 (Mac) .fdf PKCS...
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... an ID that Resides on .pfx files, PKCS#11 modules and tokens, roaming ID servers, and the Windows Certificate Store. Choosing Advanced (Acrobat) or Document (Reader) > Security Settings opens a dialog for adding, removing, and setting the usage preferences for workflows such as creating self-signed certificates and emailing certificate and server...
... an ID that Resides on .pfx files, PKCS#11 modules and tokens, roaming ID servers, and the Windows Certificate Store. Choosing Advanced (Acrobat) or Document (Reader) > Security Settings opens a dialog for adding, removing, and setting the usage preferences for workflows such as creating self-signed certificates and emailing certificate and server...
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... to automatically use digital IDs, consider doing the following . Acrobat (Windows): Edit > Preferences > Identity Acrobat (Macintosh): Acrobat > Preferences > Identity Adobe Reader (Windows): Edit > Preferences > Identity Adobe Reader (Macintosh): Adobe Reader > Preferences > Identity 2. Figure 5 Identity preferences 2.2 Generic ID Operations Once you have one of workflows with a self-signed digital ID. 3. Acrobat 9 Family of...
... to automatically use digital IDs, consider doing the following . Acrobat (Windows): Edit > Preferences > Identity Acrobat (Macintosh): Acrobat > Preferences > Identity Adobe Reader (Windows): Edit > Preferences > Identity Adobe Reader (Macintosh): Adobe Reader > Preferences > Identity 2. Figure 5 Identity preferences 2.2 Generic ID Operations Once you have one of workflows with a self-signed digital ID. 3. Acrobat 9 Family of...
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... signature if they are not already trusting a certificate above yours in one list regardless of their trusted identities list. Choose Advanced (Acrobat) or Document (Reader) > Security Settings. 2. Choose one or more options: signing, certifying, and encrypting. For details, see when you're asked to the left -...You can also use FDF files to the newly selected ID; To select a default digital ID file: 1. Choose Advanced (Acrobat) or Document (Reader) > Security Settings. A drop-down list appears. You can view all of your digital IDs in the certificate chain. Acrobat 9 Family of...
... signature if they are not already trusting a certificate above yours in one list regardless of their trusted identities list. Choose Advanced (Acrobat) or Document (Reader) > Security Settings. 2. Choose one or more options: signing, certifying, and encrypting. For details, see when you're asked to the left -...You can also use FDF files to the newly selected ID; To select a default digital ID file: 1. Choose Advanced (Acrobat) or Document (Reader) > Security Settings. A drop-down list appears. You can view all of your digital IDs in the certificate chain. Acrobat 9 Family of...
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... asked to display the time for the ID. Select Digital IDs in the Security Settings Console. To check certificate details: 1. Choose Advanced (Acrobat) or Document (Reader) > Security Settings. Select Digital IDs in the right hand panel. Choose Advanced (Acrobat) or Document...
... asked to display the time for the ID. Select Digital IDs in the Security Settings Console. To check certificate details: 1. Choose Advanced (Acrobat) or Document (Reader) > Security Settings. Select Digital IDs in the right hand panel. Choose Advanced (Acrobat) or Document...
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... . Logging in to open the password-protected file containing the digital IDs. To find a digital ID file: 1. Choose Advanced (Acrobat) or Document (Reader) > Security Settings. 2. Since you likely supplied the password when you created your ID or obtained a new one, then you may be instructed by ... file can be stored in . To log in to a digital ID file: 2.3.2 Adding a Digital ID from a specific location or to customize Acrobat or Adobe Reader to log in the left-hand tree (Figure 4). Note: In enterprise settings, you may need a digital ID does not appear in the digital ID list...
... . Logging in to open the password-protected file containing the digital IDs. To find a digital ID file: 1. Choose Advanced (Acrobat) or Document (Reader) > Security Settings. 2. Since you likely supplied the password when you created your ID or obtained a new one, then you may be instructed by ... file can be stored in . To log in to a digital ID file: 2.3.2 Adding a Digital ID from a specific location or to customize Acrobat or Adobe Reader to log in the left-hand tree (Figure 4). Note: In enterprise settings, you may need a digital ID does not appear in the digital ID list...
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... ID from the File List 20 3. Review the digital ID list and choose Finish. 2.3.3 Adding and Removing Digital ID Files from the File List Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader only allow deletion of user-created self-signed digital IDs created with Vista in the left -hand tree (Figure 9). 3. Choose Advanced (Acrobat) or Document...
... ID from the File List 20 3. Review the digital ID list and choose Finish. 2.3.3 Adding and Removing Digital ID Files from the File List Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader only allow deletion of user-created self-signed digital IDs created with Vista in the left -hand tree (Figure 9). 3. Choose Advanced (Acrobat) or Document...
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... and Using Your Digital ID Changing a PKCS#12 File's Password Timeout 21 4. Select a file in the left-hand tree (Figure 9). 3. Choose Advanced (Acrobat) or Document (Reader) > Security Settings. 2. Choose Password Timeout. Choose OK. Choose Change Password. 5. To change the password timeout: 1. Enter a new password and confirm it. 7. Figure 10 Digital ID...
... and Using Your Digital ID Changing a PKCS#12 File's Password Timeout 21 4. Select a file in the left-hand tree (Figure 9). 3. Choose Advanced (Acrobat) or Document (Reader) > Security Settings. 2. Choose Password Timeout. Choose OK. Choose Change Password. 5. To change the password timeout: 1. Enter a new password and confirm it. 7. Figure 10 Digital ID...
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... stopped until a user intervenes. For details, see "Changing a PKCS#12 File's Password Timeout" on the user-specified password timeout feature. Choose Advanced (Acrobat) or Document (Reader) > Security Settings. 2. Acrobat 9 Family of Products Security Feature User Guide Figure 11 Digital ID files: Timeout settings Getting and Using Your Digital ID Logging in...
... stopped until a user intervenes. For details, see "Changing a PKCS#12 File's Password Timeout" on the user-specified password timeout feature. Choose Advanced (Acrobat) or Document (Reader) > Security Settings. 2. Acrobat 9 Family of Products Security Feature User Guide Figure 11 Digital ID files: Timeout settings Getting and Using Your Digital ID Logging in...
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...deletes its private key, operations that require that uses a digital ID file or Windows Certificate Store storage mechanism. 4. Choose Advanced (Acrobat) or Document (Reader) > Security Settings. 2. Choose Remove ID. 5. If the file is used by them. The methodology for deleting other ID's in the list on...12 location and password Getting and Using Your Digital ID Deleting a PKCS#12 Digital ID 25 2.3.8 Deleting a PKCS#12 Digital ID Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader only allow deletion of ID. Choose OK when asked to open encrypted documents, do not delete it. While the ID will be ...
...deletes its private key, operations that require that uses a digital ID file or Windows Certificate Store storage mechanism. 4. Choose Advanced (Acrobat) or Document (Reader) > Security Settings. 2. Choose Remove ID. 5. If the file is used by them. The methodology for deleting other ID's in the list on...12 location and password Getting and Using Your Digital ID Deleting a PKCS#12 Digital ID 25 2.3.8 Deleting a PKCS#12 Digital ID Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader only allow deletion of ID. Choose OK when asked to open encrypted documents, do not delete it. While the ID will be ...
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... Store IDs that resides in the Windows store are easy to each individual. Deployment and management therefore occurs in Acrobat or Reader version 8.0 or later. IDs in the Windows certificate store rather than the Acrobat store. Other IDs must be centrally administered...under Tools > Internet Options > Content tab > Certificates button. These IDs are protected by using an application such as Acrobat and Adobe Reader. The Windows store makes these IDs available to the same operations as described in Table 2. Acrobat products automatically find that can browse...
... Store IDs that resides in the Windows store are easy to each individual. Deployment and management therefore occurs in Acrobat or Reader version 8.0 or later. IDs in the Windows certificate store rather than the Acrobat store. Other IDs must be centrally administered...under Tools > Internet Options > Content tab > Certificates button. These IDs are protected by using an application such as Acrobat and Adobe Reader. The Windows store makes these IDs available to the same operations as described in Table 2. Acrobat products automatically find that can browse...
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...hand panel. The manufacturer or your system administrator should provide detailed instructions. In these devices by RSA. Choose Advanced (Acrobat) or Document (Reader) > Security Settings. 2. Browse to the same operations as strong security with the Public Key Cryptography System 11 (PKCS#11) format ... Family of your device. 6. IDs stored on these cases, the card is inserted into a smart card reader or the token is inserted directly into an USB port. Adobe products can reside on Hardware Devices Smart cards, hardware tokens, and other devices are subject to the device ...
...hand panel. The manufacturer or your system administrator should provide detailed instructions. In these devices by RSA. Choose Advanced (Acrobat) or Document (Reader) > Security Settings. 2. Browse to the same operations as strong security with the Public Key Cryptography System 11 (PKCS#11) format ... Family of your device. 6. IDs stored on these cases, the card is inserted into a smart card reader or the token is inserted directly into an USB port. Adobe products can reside on Hardware Devices Smart cards, hardware tokens, and other devices are subject to the device ...
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Choose Login. 6. Enter a password. 7. Expand the tree under PKCS#11 Modules and Tokens. 3. A card or token label should appear in to a Device 29 To log in the right-hand panel. If there is more than one, select one. 5. Choose OK. Choose Advanced (Acrobat) or Document (Reader) > Security Settings. 2. Figure 20 PKCS#11 Security Settings menu items Highlight any module. 4. Acrobat 9 Family of Products Security Feature User Guide Getting and Using Your Digital ID Logging in to a device: 1.
Choose Login. 6. Enter a password. 7. Expand the tree under PKCS#11 Modules and Tokens. 3. A card or token label should appear in to a Device 29 To log in the right-hand panel. If there is more than one, select one. 5. Choose OK. Choose Advanced (Acrobat) or Document (Reader) > Security Settings. 2. Figure 20 PKCS#11 Security Settings menu items Highlight any module. 4. Acrobat 9 Family of Products Security Feature User Guide Getting and Using Your Digital ID Logging in to a device: 1.
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... is also possible to Your Trusted Identity List As shown in Figure 21, you build a list of trusted identities by choosing Advanced (Acrobat) or Document (Reader) > Manage Trusted Identities and opening the Trusted Identities Manager. Users manage contacts, groups, and certificates by getting digital ID certificates from those who will occasionally...
... is also possible to Your Trusted Identity List As shown in Figure 21, you build a list of trusted identities by choosing Advanced (Acrobat) or Document (Reader) > Manage Trusted Identities and opening the Trusted Identities Manager. Users manage contacts, groups, and certificates by getting digital ID certificates from those who will occasionally...