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Displaying the Signer's Certificate
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Acrobat 9 Family of Products Security Feature User Guide Validating Signatures Troubleshooting an Identity Problem 117 Table 12 Certificate Viewer information Tab What it shows What you can do Policies Lists policy OIDs associated with this certificate, View policy details. if any. Describes the policy. Legal Notice Displays a generic legal disclaimer, the certificate issuer's policy statement, issuer notice, and link to the policy, if any. If an issuer policy is used, the policy can be displayed. 7.5.1.2 Displaying the Signer's Certificate When a certificate is displayed in the certificate viewer, you can check certificate validity, trust settings, associated policies, and other details that help you establish the owner's identity. The Certificate Viewer provides six tabs that displays certificate data and allows you to manage that certificate (Table 12). 1. Choose Advanced (Acrobat) or Document (Reader) > Manage Trusted Identities. 2. Choose Certificates in the Display drop-down list. Note: In addition to this method, you can also display the certificate from any signature or certificate security method workflow where a Show Certificate or Certificate Details button appears. 3. Select the certificate. 4. Choose Show Certificate. The Certificate Viewer displays the certificate. (Figure 84). The following details are available: Left hand panel: The certificate chain. Bottom area: A description of the certificate, path validity statement, path validation time, and sometimes the type of validation. Summary tab: Owner, issuer, validity period, intended usage. An Export button allow users to export the certificate to a file. Details tab: Lists all the certificate fields (extensions) and their values. Revocation tab: Indicates whether a revocation check occurred and the result. Allows users to initiate a manual check and analyze problems. Trust tab: Displays the certificates trust level. Provides an Add to Trusted Identities button that allows the user to add the certificate to the trusted identity list and set its trust level. Policies tab: Displays policy restriction information for a signature to be valid, if any. Legal Notice tab: Displays other certificate policies and a button which links to that policy, if any.