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Acrobat 9 Family of Products Security Feature User Guide document integrity 179 Document Integrity and Preview Mode 126 Document Integrity Checks for 8.0 121 Document Integrity Verification 101 Document links to external content 131 Document Locking 91 Document may not open in the future 130 Document may silently launch menu items 130 Document Message Bar No dynamic content message 129 Suppressible rich content 128 Document Status Definitions 113 Documentation related to Acrobat security 10 DOS CP/M Command file, Command file for Windows NT 142 Downloaded roaming ID certificates 175 dynamic feature warnings 129 Dynamic form certification setting 96 E Edit Contact dialog 42, 44 Editing Directory Servers Details 40 Editing or Deleting a Signature Appearance 54 EE 179 electronic signatures 179 Emailing a certificate request 161 Emailing Certificate or Contact Data 43 Emailing Server Details 162 Emailing Your Certificate 159 Emailing your certificate 160, 165, 166 embedded JavaScript 179 embedded validation response 179 Embedding Revocation Information in a Signature 79 Embedding Signature Revocation Status 49 Enabling a Warnings Comment or Legal Attestation 51 Enabling Document Warning Review 50 Enabling Enhanced Security 133 Enabling JavaScript to Set Seed Values 70 end entity certificate (EE) 179 end entity certificate. 179 Enhanced Security 132 Enhanced security Configuration dialog 134 Examples of Allowed Behavior 135 Examples of Prevented Behavior 135 Executable Application 141 Executable file 142 Execute a Menu Item 65 Exporting a Certificate Other than Yours to a File 120 Exporting a Trust Anchor 156 Exporting Application Settings with FDF Files 155 Exporting Security Settings to a File 149 Exporting Server Details 163 Exporting Your Certificate 158 External connection warning 148 External Content 131 External Content and Document Security 132 External streams access 133 Index 185 F FDF Files and Security 154 filter 68, 69, 78 Finding a Digital ID in a Windows Certificate Store File 26 flags 68, 69, 76, 81 Forcing a Certification Signature 71 Forcing Signers to Use a Specific Signature Appearance 74 Form Field Fill in, Signing, and/or Other Actions Don't Work 125 FoxPro Compiled Source (Microsoft) 142 G Generic ID Operations 15 GeoTrust 179 Getting and Using Your Digital ID 11 Getting Started 8 Giving Signers the Option to Lock a Document 73 Glossary of Security Terms 178 Go to 3D View 65 Go to a Page View 65 Gzip Compressed Archive 142 H Hash algorithm seed value 79, 80 Hidden 58 Hidden but printable 58 High Privilege JavaScript Defined 139 How Do I Validate a Timestamp in a Signature? 111 How Should You Use This Guide? 9 Hypertext Application 142 I Identity preferences 15 IIS Internet Communications Settings (Microsoft) 142 IIS Internet Service Provider Settings (Microsoft) 142 Import Form Data 65 Importing a Certificate From a File 33 Importing a Trust Anchor and Setting Trust 175 Importing Adobe LiveCycle Rights Management Server Settings 172 Importing Adobe LiveCycle Server settings 172 Importing and Exporting Directory Server Settings 41 Importing Application Settings with FDF Files 164 Importing digital ID data 33 Importing Directory Server Settings 171 Importing Multiple Certificates 167 Importing multiple certificates 168 Importing Roaming ID Account Settings 173 Importing roaming ID server settings 174 Importing Security Settings from a File 150 Importing Security Settings from a Server 152 Importing Someone's Certificate 166 Importing Timestamp Server Settings 169 individual digital ID 179 Information or Setup file 142 Initialization/Configuration file 142 Interaction with Trust Manager 136 intermediate certificate authority (ICA) 179

Section	Page
Getting Started	8
1.1 What’s in this Guide?	8
1.2 Who Should Read This Guide?	8
1.3 How Should You Use This Guide?	9
1.4 Roadmap to Other Security Documentation	9
Getting and Using Your Digital ID	11
2.1 Digital ID Basics	11
2.1.1 What is a Digital ID?	11
2.1.2 Digital ID Storage Mechanisms	12
2.1.3 Registering a Digital ID for Use in Acrobat	13
2.1.4 Digital ID Management and the Security Settings Console	14
2.1.5 Setting Identity Information	14
2.2 Generic ID Operations	15
2.2.1 Specifying Digital ID Usage	15
2.2.2 Sharing (Exporting) a Digital ID Certificate	16
2.2.3 Viewing All of Your Digital IDs	16
2.2.4 Customizing a Digital ID Name	17
2.2.5 Viewing Digital ID Certificates in the Certificate Viewer	17
2.3 Managing PKCS#12 Digital ID Files	19
2.3.1 Logging in to a Digital ID File	19
2.3.2 Adding a Digital ID from a PKCS#12 File	19
2.3.3 Adding and Removing Digital ID Files from the File List	20
2.3.4 Changing an ID File’s Password	20
2.3.5 Changing a PKCS#12 File’s Password Timeout	21
2.3.6 Logging in to PKCS#12 Files	22
2.3.7 Creating a Self-Signed Digital ID	22
2.3.8 Deleting a PKCS#12 Digital ID	25
2.4 Managing Windows Digital IDs	26
2.4.1 Finding a Digital ID in a Windows Certificate Store File	26
2.4.2 Deleting a Digital ID from the Windows Certificate Store	26
2.5 Your server may require additional or different authentication steps. Follow directions that appear in the dialogs.Managing IDs Stored on Hardware Devices	27
2.5.1 Adding an ID that Resides on External Hardware	27
2.5.2 Changing Passwords	28
2.5.3 Logging in to a Device	28
Managing Certificate Trust and Trusted Identities	30
3.1 What is Trust?	30
3.2 What is a Trusted Identity?	30
3.3 Adding Someone to Your Trusted Identity List	32
3.3.1 Requesting a Digital ID via Email	33
3.3.2 Importing a Certificate From a File	33
3.3.3 Searching for Digital ID Certificates	34
3.4 Certificate Trust Settings	35
3.4.1 Using Certificates for Certificate Security (Encryption)	38
3.5 Using Directory Servers to Add Trusted Identities	38
3.5.1 Manually Configuring a Directory Server	39
3.5.2 Editing Directory Servers Details	40
3.5.3 Deleting a Directory Server	41
3.5.4 Specifying a Default Directory Server	41
3.5.5 Importing and Exporting Directory Server Settings	41
3.6 Managing Contacts	42
3.6.1 Viewing and Editing Contact Details	42
3.6.2 Emailing Certificate or Contact Data	43
3.6.3 Saving Certificate or Contact Details to a File	43
3.6.4 Associating a Certificate with a Contact	43
3.6.5 Changing a Trusted Identity’s Certificate Association	44
3.6.6 Deleting Contacts and Certificates	44
Authoring Signable Documents	46
4.1 Best Practices for Signed Documents that will Change	46
4.2 Setting up the Signing Environment	46
4.2.1 Setting Signing Preferences	47
4.2.1.1 Requiring Preview Mode	47
4.2.1.2 Changing the Default Signing Method	48
4.2.1.3 Embedding Signature Revocation Status	49
4.2.1.4 Allowing Signing Reason	50
4.2.1.5 Showing Location and Contact Details	50
4.2.1.6 Enabling Document Warning Review	50
4.2.1.7 Requiring Document Warning Review Prior to Signing	51
4.2.1.8 Enabling a Warnings Comment or Legal Attestation	51
4.2.2 Customizing Signature Appearances	52
4.2.2.1 Creating a Custom Signature	52
4.2.2.2 Creating a Custom Watermark or Background	52
4.2.2.3 Creating a Custom Signature Appearance	53
4.2.2.4 Editing or Deleting a Signature Appearance	54
4.2.3 Using Timestamps During Signing	55
4.3 Working with Signature Fields	56
4.3.1 Creating a Blank Signature Field	57
4.3.2 Specifying General Field Properties	58
4.3.3 Customizing Field Appearances	59
4.3.4 Changing the Default Field Appearance	60
4.3.5 Cut, Copy, and Paste Signature Fields	60
4.3.6 Arranging Signature Fields	60
4.3.7 Creating Multiple Copies of a Signature Field	61
4.4 Authoring Signable Forms	62
4.4.1 Authoring a Document with Multiple Fields	62
4.4.2 Locking Fields Automatically After Signing	62
4.4.3 Making a Field a Required Part of a Workflow	63
4.4.4 Specifying a Post-Signing Action	64
4.4.5 Unlocking a Field Locked by a Signature	66
Controlling Signing with Seed Values	67
5.1 Seed Value Basics	67
5.1.1 Changes Across Releases	68
5.1.2 Supported Seed Values	69
5.1.3 Enabling JavaScript to Set Seed Values	70
5.2 Forcing a Certification Signature	71
5.3 Giving Signers the Option to Lock a Document	73
5.4 Forcing Signers to Use a Specific Signature Appearance	74
5.5 Adding Custom Signing Reasons	75
5.6 Specifying Timestamps for Signing	76
5.7 Specifying Alternate Signature Handlers and Formats	77
5.8 Specifying a Signature Hash Algorithm	79
5.9 Embedding Revocation Information in a Signature	79
5.10 Specifying Certificate Properties for Signing	80
5.10.1 Specifying Signing Certificates Origin	82
5.10.2 Specifying Certificates by Key Usage	83
5.10.3 Specifying Certificates by Policy	84
5.10.4 Specifying a URL When a Valid Certificate is not Found	85
5.10.5 Restricting Signing to a Roaming ID	86
5.11 Custom Workflows and Beyond	86
Signing Documents	89
6.1 Signing Basics	89
6.1.1 Before You Sign . . .	89
6.1.2 Signature Types	89
6.1.3 Signing User Interface	90
6.2 Signing With a Certification Signature	90
6.2.1 Certification Workflow for Documents with Multiple Signers	92
6.2.2 Setting up a Document for Certification	93
6.2.3 You can customize the way a certified document behaves for signers by giving form fields additional features with seed values. For example, you can preconfigure custom signing reasons or limit signing to only those with certificates with predef...	93
6.2.4 Certifying a Dynamic Form	95
6.2.5 Why Can’t I Certify?	96
6.3 Signing with an Approval Signature	96
6.3.1 Signing Documents in Acrobat	96
6.3.2 Signing in a Browser	98
6.3.3 Clearing One or More Signatures	99
Validating Signatures	100
7.1 Signature Validity Basics	100
7.1.1 What Makes a Signature Valid?	100
7.1.1.1 Authenticity Verification	101
7.1.1.2 Document Integrity Verification	101
7.2 Setting up Your Environment for Signature Validation	102
7.2.1 Validating Signatures Automatically	102
7.2.2 Setting Digital Signature Validation Preferences	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 Acrobat	107
7.3.4 Validating an Problematic Signature (trusting a signer on-the-fly)	108
7.3.5 Validating Signatures for other Document Versions	110
7.3.6 Validating Signature Timestamps	110
7.3.6.1 When Timestamps Can’t be Verified. . .	112
7.4 Status Icons and Their Meaning	113
7.4.1 Signature Status Definitions	113
7.4.2 Document Status Definitions	113
7.4.2.1 Signature status cheat sheet	114
7.5 Troubleshooting a Signature or Document Status	115
7.5.1 Troubleshooting an Identity Problem	115
7.5.1.1 Troubleshooting Digital ID Certificates	116
7.5.1.2 Displaying the Signer’s Certificate	117
7.5.1.3 Verifying the Identity of Self-Signed Certificates	118
7.5.1.4 Checking Certificate Revocation Status	119
7.5.1.5 Exporting a Certificate Other than Yours to a File	120
7.5.2 Troubleshooting a Document Integrity Problem	120
7.5.2.1 LiveCycle Dynamic Forms and the Warning Triangle	121
7.5.2.2 Viewing and Comparing Changes and Versions	122
7.5.2.3 Viewing a List of Post-Signing Modifications	122
7.5.2.4 Comparing a Signed Version to the Current Version	123
7.6 Document Behavior After Signing	124
7.6.1 JavaScript and Dynamic Content Won’t Run	125
7.6.2 Certifying a Document is Prevented	125
7.6.3 Form Field Fill in, Signing, and/or Other Actions Don’t Work	125
Document Integrity and Preview Mode	126
8.1 Preview Mode and Signing Workflows	126
8.2 Preview Mode and Validation (View Signed Version)	127
8.3 PDF Signature Reports	127
8.4 Signature Report Error Codes	129
External Content and Document Security	132
9.1 Enhanced Security	132
9.1.1 Enabling Enhanced Security	133
9.1.2 Changes in FDF Behavior	134
9.1.3 Interaction with Trust Manager	136
9.1.4 Make Privileged Folder Locations Recursive	136
9.2 Controlling Multimedia	136
9.2.1 Configuring Multimedia Trust Preferences	137
9.2.2 Controlling Multimedia in Certified Documents	138
9.3 Setting JavaScript Options	139
9.3.1 High Privilege JavaScript Defined	139
9.3.2 Javascript and Certified Documents	139
9.4 Adobe Trusted Identity Updates	140
9.5 Working with Attachments	141
9.5.1 Default Behavior: Black and White Lists	141
9.5.2 Adding Files to the Black and White Lists	144
9.5.3 Resetting the Black and White Lists	144
9.5.4 Allowing Attachments to Launch Applications	145
9.6 Controlling Access to Referenced Files and XObjects	145
9.7 Internet URL Access	146
9.7.1 Turning Internet Access Off and On	146
9.7.2 Allowing and Blocking Specific Web Sites	147
Migrating and Sharing Security Settings	149
10.1 Security Setting Import and Export	149
10.1.1 Exporting Security Settings to a File	149
10.1.2 Importing Security Settings from a File	150
10.1.3 Importing Security Settings from a Server	152
10.2 Sharing Settings & Certificates with FDF	152
10.2.1 FDF Files and Security	154
10.2.2 Exporting Application Settings with FDF Files	155
10.2.2.1 Distributing a Trust Anchor or Trust Root	155
10.2.2.2 Setting the Certificate Trust Level	158
10.2.2.3 Exporting Your Certificate	158
10.2.2.4 Emailing Your Certificate	159
10.2.2.5 Saving Your Digital ID Certificate to a File	160
10.2.2.6 Requesting a Certificate via Email	161
10.2.2.7 Emailing Server Details	162
10.2.2.8 Exporting Server Details	163
10.2.3 Importing Application Settings with FDF Files	164
10.2.3.1 Responding to an Email Request for a Digital ID	164
10.2.3.2 Importing Someone’s Certificate	166
10.2.3.3 Importing Multiple Certificates	167
10.2.3.4 Importing Timestamp Server Settings	169
10.2.3.5 Importing Directory Server Settings	171
10.2.3.6 Importing Adobe LiveCycle Rights Management Server Settings	172
10.2.3.7 Importing Roaming ID Account Settings	173
10.2.3.8 Importing a Trust Anchor and Setting Trust	175
Glossary of Security Terms	178

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Acrobat 9 Family of Products

Index

Security Feature User Guide

185

document integrity

179

Document Integrity and Preview Mode

126

Document Integrity Checks for 8.0

121

Document Integrity Verification

101

Document links to external content

131

Document Locking

Document may not open in the future

130

Document may silently launch menu items

130

Document Message Bar

No dynamic content message

129

Suppressible rich content

128

Document Status Definitions

113

Documentation related to Acrobat security

DOS CP/M Command file, Command file for Windows NT

142

Downloaded roaming ID certificates

175

dynamic feature warnings

129

Dynamic form certification setting

Edit Contact dialog

42, 44

Editing Directory Servers Details

Editing or Deleting a Signature Appearance

179

electronic signatures

179

Emailing a certificate request

161

Emailing Certificate or Contact Data

Emailing Server Details

162

Emailing Your Certificate

159

Emailing your certificate

160, 165, 166

embedded JavaScript

179

embedded validation response

179

Embedding Revocation Information in a Signature

Embedding Signature Revocation Status

Enabling a Warnings Comment or Legal Attestation

Enabling Document Warning Review

Enabling Enhanced Security

133

Enabling JavaScript to Set Seed Values

end entity certificate (EE)

179

end entity certificate.

179

Enhanced Security

132

Enhanced security

Configuration dialog

134

Examples of Allowed Behavior

135

Examples of Prevented Behavior

135

Executable Application

141

Executable file

142

Execute a Menu Item

Exporting a Certificate Other than Yours to a File

120

Exporting a Trust Anchor

156

Exporting Application Settings with FDF Files

155

Exporting Security Settings to a File

149

Exporting Server Details

163

Exporting Your Certificate

158

External connection warning

148

External Content

131

External Content and Document Security

132

External streams access

133

FDF Files and Security

154

filter

68, 69, 78

Finding a Digital ID in a Windows Certificate Store File

flags

68, 69, 76, 81

Forcing a Certification Signature

Forcing Signers to Use a Specific Signature Appearance

Form Field Fill in, Signing, and/or Other Actions Don’t Work

125

FoxPro Compiled Source (Microsoft)

142

Generic ID Operations

GeoTrust

179

Getting and Using Your Digital ID

Getting Started

Giving Signers the Option to Lock a Document

Glossary of Security Terms

178

Go to 3D View

Go to a Page View

Gzip Compressed Archive

142

Hash algorithm seed value

79, 80

Hidden

Hidden but printable

High Privilege JavaScript Defined

139

How Do I Validate a Timestamp in a Signature?

111

How Should You Use This Guide?

Hypertext Application

142

Identity preferences

IIS Internet Communications Settings (Microsoft)

142

IIS Internet Service Provider Settings (Microsoft)

142

Import Form Data

Importing a Certificate From a File

Importing a Trust Anchor and Setting Trust

175

Importing Adobe LiveCycle Rights Management Server

Settings

172

Importing Adobe LiveCycle Server settings

172

Importing and Exporting Directory Server Settings

Importing Application Settings with FDF Files

164

Importing digital ID data

Importing Directory Server Settings

171

Importing Multiple Certificates

167

Importing multiple certificates

168

Importing Roaming ID Account Settings

173

Importing roaming ID server settings

174

Importing Security Settings from a File

150

Importing Security Settings from a Server

152

Importing Someone’s Certificate

166

Importing Timestamp Server Settings

169

individual digital ID

179

Information or Setup file

142

Initialization/Configuration file

142

Interaction with Trust Manager

136

intermediate certificate authority (ICA)

179