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Managing PKCS#12 Digital ID Files
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Acrobat 9 Family of Products Security Feature User Guide 2.3 Managing PKCS#12 Digital ID Files PKCS#12 digital ID files have several convenient features: Multiple IDs can be stored in a single, password-protected file. A file can contain both the public and private key. Passwords and password time-outs are user customizable. Figure 9 Digital ID Files menu Getting and Using Your Digital ID Managing PKCS#12 Digital ID Files 19 2.3.1 Logging in to a Digital ID File You will not usually need to log in to a digital ID file. Logging in means that Acrobat wants you to prove that you know the password to open the password-protected file containing the digital IDs. Since you likely supplied the password when you created your ID or obtained a new one, then you should be logged in. However, you may need to log in for the following cases: You logged out of the file for some reason. You are importing an acrobatsecuritysettings file containing digital IDs. To log in to a digital ID file: 2.3.2 Adding a Digital ID from a PKCS#12 File If you need a digital ID does not appear in the digital ID list and you know it's location, browse to it and add it. You can browse to PKCS#12 files (with .pfx or .p12 extensions) and Windows Certificate Store compatible files (with .cer and .der extensions). Note: In enterprise settings, you may be instructed by your administrator to get a digital ID from a specific location or to customize Acrobat or Adobe Reader to work with software supplied by your organization. To find a digital ID file: 1. Choose Advanced (Acrobat) or Document (Reader) > Security Settings. 2. Select Digital IDs in the left-hand tree (Figure 4).