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Acrobat 9 Family of Products Security Feature User Guide Signing properties 63 Signature field sign menu 97 Signature Properties Summary 108 Signature Report Error Codes 129 Signature status cheat sheet 114 Signature Status Definitions 113 Signature Types 89 Signature validation confirmation 107 Signature Validity Basics 100 Signature verification preferences 103 Signatures tab Validate signature 107 Signer Details 116 Signing a document Signature details 98 Signing an FDF file 155 Signing Basics 89 Signing Documents 89 Signing Documents in Acrobat 96 Signing environment preferences 47 Signing in a Browser 98 Signing User Interface 90 Signing With a Certification Signature 90 Signing with an Approval Signature 96 Silent printing 133 Specifying a Default Directory Server 41 Specifying a Post-Signing Action 64 Specifying a Signature Hash Algorithm 79 Specifying a URL When a Valid Certificate is not Found 85 Specifying Alternate Signature Handlers and Formats 77 Specifying Certificate Properties for Signing 80 Specifying Certificates by Key Usage 83 Specifying Certificates by Policy 84 Specifying Digital ID Usage 15 Specifying General Field Properties 58 Specifying Signing Certificates Origin 82 Specifying Timestamps for Signing 76 SSCD 181 Status Icons and Their Meaning 113 subFilter 68, 70 subfilter 78 subject 82 subjectDN 82 Submit a Form 66 Summary 116 Supported Seed Values 69 T Tape Archive file 143 Temporary file or Folder 143 Text appearance may silently change 130 The document contains a dynamic form 130 This server requires me to log on 40 Time stamp server error 77 Timeout 40 timestamp 181 Timestamp server seed value 77 Timestamps Index 188 Date/Time tab 111 Entering server details 56 Importing a server 170 Importing server details from an FDF file 170 Local, machine time 55, 110 Trusted stamp 55, 111 Untrusted stamp 55, 111 timeStampspec 68, 70 Tooltip 58 Troubleshooting a Document Integrity Problem 120 Troubleshooting a Signature or Document Status 115 Troubleshooting an Identity Problem 115 Troubleshooting Digital ID Certificates 116 Trust 116 trust anchor 181 Trusted Identities Viewing revocation status 120 Trusted identities 12 Trusting certificate from a document warning 109 Trusting Windows root certificates 105 Turning Internet Access Off and On 146 U Uncategorized warnings 131 UNIX csh shell script 142 UNIX ksh shell script 142 UNIX Tar file Gzipped 143 Unlocking a Field Locked by a Signature 66 Unrecognized PDF content 131 Untrusted signature 36 url 76, 82 urlType 82 Usage options for a digital ID 16 User name 40 Using Directory Servers to Add Trusted Identities 38 Using Root Certificates in the Windows Certificate Store 104 Using Seed Values to Individual Form Fields 93 Using Timestamps During Signing 55 V Validate all signatures dialog 107 Validating a Single Signature in Acrobat 106 Validating All Signatures in Acrobat 107 Validating an Problematic Signature (trusting a signer on-the-fly) 108 Validating Signature Timestamps 110 Validating Signatures 100 Validating Signatures Automatically 102 Validating Signatures for other Document Versions 110 Validating Signatures Manually 106 Validating Signatures with Adobe Reader 106 Validating Signatures with Timestamps and Certificate Policies 105 VBScript Encoded Script file 143 VBScript file or Any VisualBasic Source 143 VBScript Script file, Visual Basic for Applications Script 143 Verifying the Identity of Self-Signed Certificates 118 version 68, 70 Viewing a List of Post-Signing Modifications 122

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

188

Signing properties

Signature field sign menu

Signature Properties

Summary

108

Signature Report Error Codes

129

Signature status cheat sheet

114

Signature Status Definitions

113

Signature Types

Signature validation confirmation

107

Signature Validity Basics

100

Signature verification preferences

103

Signatures tab

Validate signature

107

Signer Details

116

Signing a document

Signature details

Signing an FDF file

155

Signing Basics

Signing Documents

Signing Documents in Acrobat

Signing environment preferences

Signing in a Browser

Signing User Interface

Signing With a Certification Signature

Signing with an Approval Signature

Silent printing

133

Specifying a Default Directory Server

Specifying a Post-Signing Action

Specifying a Signature Hash Algorithm

Specifying a URL When a Valid Certificate is not Found

Specifying Alternate Signature Handlers and Formats

Specifying Certificate Properties for Signing

Specifying Certificates by Key Usage

Specifying Certificates by Policy

Specifying Digital ID Usage

Specifying General Field Properties

Specifying Signing Certificates Origin

Specifying Timestamps for Signing

SSCD

181

Status Icons and Their Meaning

113

subFilter

68, 70

subfilter

subject

subjectDN

Submit a Form

Summary

116

Supported Seed Values

Tape Archive file

143

Temporary file or Folder

143

Text appearance may silently change

130

The document contains a dynamic form

130

This server requires me to log on

Time stamp server error

Timeout

timestamp

181

Timestamp server seed value

Timestamps

Date/Time tab

111

Entering server details

Importing a server

170

Importing server details from an FDF file

170

Local, machine time

55, 110

Trusted stamp

55, 111

Untrusted stamp

55, 111

timeStampspec

68, 70

Tooltip

Troubleshooting a Document Integrity Problem

120

Troubleshooting a Signature or Document Status

115

Troubleshooting an Identity Problem

115

Troubleshooting Digital ID Certificates

116

Trust

116

trust anchor

181

Trusted Identities

Viewing revocation status

120

Trusted identities

Trusting certificate from a document warning

109

Trusting Windows root certificates

105

Turning Internet Access Off and On

146

Uncategorized warnings

131

UNIX csh shell script

142

UNIX ksh shell script

142

UNIX Tar file Gzipped

143

Unlocking a Field Locked by a Signature

Unrecognized PDF content

131

Untrusted signature

url

76, 82

urlType

Usage options for a digital ID

User name

Using Directory Servers to Add Trusted Identities

Using Root Certificates in the Windows Certificate Store

104

Using Seed Values to Individual Form Fields

Using Timestamps During Signing

Validate all signatures dialog

107

Validating a Single Signature in Acrobat

106

Validating All Signatures in Acrobat

107

Validating an Problematic Signature (trusting a signer

on-the-fly)

108

Validating Signature Timestamps

110

Validating Signatures

100

Validating Signatures Automatically

102

Validating Signatures for other Document Versions

110

Validating Signatures Manually

106

Validating Signatures with Adobe Reader

106

Validating Signatures with Timestamps and Certificate

Policies

105

VBScript Encoded Script file

143

VBScript file or Any VisualBasic Source

143

VBScript Script file, Visual Basic for Applications Script

143

Verifying the Identity of Self-Signed Certificates

118

version

68, 70

Viewing a List of Post-Signing Modifications

122