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Import certificates using the Windows Certificate Wizard Windows only

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USING ACROBAT X PRO 230 Security 2 On the Trust tab of the Import Contact Settings dialog box, select trust options. • Select Use This Certificate As A Trusted Root only if it is required to validate a digital signature. Once you make a certificate a trust anchor, you prevent revocation checking on it (or any certificate in the chain). • To allow actions that can be a security risk, click Certified Documents, and then select the options you want to allow: Dynamic Content Includes FLV and SWF files as well as external links. Embedded High Privilege JavaScript Trusts embedded scripts. Privileged System Operations Includes networking, printing, and file access 3 Click OK to view the import details, and then click OK again. Add a certificate from a digital signature in a PDF You can safely add a certificate to your trusted identities from a signed PDF by first verifying the fingerprint with the originator or the certificate. 1 Open the PDF containing the signature. 2 Open the signature panel, and select the signature in the Signatures panel. 3 On the Options menu, click Show Signature Properties, and then click Show Certificate. 4 If the certificate is self-signed, contact the originator of the certificate to confirm that the fingerprint values on the Details tab are correct. Trust the certificate only if the values match the values of the originator. 5 Click the Trust tab, click Add To Trusted Identities, and click OK. 6 In the Import Contact Settings dialog box, specify trust options, and click OK. Set up Acrobat to search the Windows certificate store (Windows only) 1 In the Security preferences, click Advanced Preferences. 2 Click the Windows Integration tab, and select Enable Searching The Windows Certificate Store For Certificates Other Than Yours. Select the desired options, and click OK twice. Trusting certificates from the Windows certificate store is not recommended. Import certificates using the Windows Certificate Wizard (Windows only) If you use the Windows certificate store to organize your certificates, you can import certificates using a wizard in Windows Explorer. To import certificates, identify the file that contains the certificates, and determine the file location. 1 In Windows Explorer, right-click the certificate file and choose Install PFX. 2 Follow the onscreen instructions to add the certificate to the Windows certificate store. 3 If you are prompted to validate the certificate before installing it, note the MD5 digest and SHA1 digest values (fingerprint). Contact the originator of the certificate to confirm that the values are correct before you trust the certificate. Click OK. Last updated 10/11/2011

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USING ACROBAT X PRO
Security
Last updated 10/11/2011
2
On the Trust tab of the Import Contact Settings dialog box, select trust options.
Select Use This Certificate As A Trusted Root only if it is required to validate a digital signature. Once you make a
certificate a trust anchor, you prevent revocation checking on it (or any certificate in the chain).
To allow actions that can be a security risk, click Certified Documents, and then select the options you want to
allow:
Dynamic Content
Includes FLV and SWF files as well as external links.
Embedded High Privilege JavaScript
Trusts embedded scripts.
Privileged System Operations
Includes networking, printing, and file access
3
Click OK to view the import details, and then click OK again.
Add a certificate from a digital signature in a PDF
You can safely add a certificate to your trusted identities from a signed PDF by first verifying the fingerprint with the
originator or the certificate.
1
Open the PDF containing the signature.
2
Open the signature panel, and select the signature in the Signatures panel.
3
On the Options menu, click Show Signature Properties, and then click Show Certificate.
4
If the certificate is self-signed, contact the originator of the certificate to confirm that the fingerprint values on the
Details tab are correct. Trust the certificate only if the values match the values of the originator.
5
Click the Trust tab, click Add To Trusted Identities, and click OK.
6
In the Import Contact Settings dialog box, specify trust options, and click OK.
Set up Acrobat to search the Windows certificate store (Windows only)
1
In the Security preferences, click Advanced Preferences.
2
Click the Windows Integration tab, and select Enable Searching The Windows Certificate Store For Certificates
Other Than Yours. Select the desired options, and click OK twice.
Trusting certificates from the Windows certificate store is not recommended.
Import certificates using the Windows Certificate Wizard (Windows only)
If you use the Windows certificate store to organize your certificates, you can import certificates using a wizard in
Windows Explorer. To import certificates, identify the file that contains the certificates, and determine the file
location.
1
In Windows Explorer, right-click the certificate file and choose Install PFX.
2
Follow the onscreen instructions to add the certificate to the Windows certificate store.
3
If you are prompted to validate the certificate before installing it, note the MD5 digest and SHA1 digest values
(fingerprint). Contact the originator of the certificate to confirm that the values are correct before you trust the
certificate. Click OK.