PDF document signing and encryption using Digital Signature Solutions
Introduction
Many Digital Signature solutions allow documents of PDF format to be signed and encrypted natively, without having Adobe Acrobat installed. This feature enables users and organizations to send invoices, credit card or bank transaction statements, purchase orders and other reports in PDF format where the recipients are assured of the authenticity of the document. Digital signing solution can also be used to encrypt the PDF file, giving the sender assurance that only the authorized recipients would be able to read the documents.
These solutions automate the signing and encryption process so that the process can be carried out without any user intervention. These solutions also provide a number of additional features along with the PDF document signing facility.
Various features of PDF signing using digital signing solutions:
The PDF documents are signed in an embedded fashion, in a way that is compatible with how Adobe Acrobat signs them. There are several features accompanying this facility.
1. While signing, a visual representation of the signature can be embedded in the PDF document.
2. The user can select the placement of signature in the document in terms of the page and the location on the page. For example, the signature can be placed at the top-right corner of the first page or at bottom-right on the last page.
3. The user can display scanned handwritten signature or a logo inside the digital signature on the PDF document.
4. The visual signature can also incorporate the reason for signing, time of signing, and location. The time of signing can be taken from the local machine clock or can use third party time stamp server.
5. Signing with certificates from a variety of locations such as certificate installed in IE or Netscape family of browsers, PFX / P12 files, smart cards or hardware tokens.
6. The PDF documents signed using digital signature software do not need any specific verification software. They allow the document recipients to verify the signatures using free Adobe reader
7. The PDF files can be encrypted using password of users choice for maintaining confidentiality. As with signed files, the encrypted files do not require any third party software for decryption. When the file is opened in Adobe Reader, the user is prompted for the password. The file can be opened only if the correct password is supplied.
Benefits of using signing software to sign PDF documents
The key features that make for a very easy deployment of signing and encryption into Business to Consumer (B2C) applications in verticals like banking, finance, insurance etc. are:
· Signing and encryption can be done without using Adobe Acrobat
· Signing and encryption can be done in automated fashion without any user intervention
· The encrypted files can be opened and signatures verified with Adobe Reader, without needing any third party software
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#1 by yummytongue on May 4th, 2010
Microsoft Operating systems come with some built in drivers for many devices (those device manufacturers pay them a hefty dividend to have the drivers already built in office so that when a user plugs that device in the system, Vista/XP/2000/98 etc recognize that device automatically and user does not have to go through installing through CDs etc).
But some devices come later than when os was released or some devices dont go through this process. Hence when microsoft sees a device which it does not recognize, it spits out this warning.
Usually for good companies' products, you should not worry about this warning. For no name brands or very less known brands you should be a bit careful in installing since less testing of that driver being installed would have been done.
Good luck
#2 by guzen on May 4th, 2010
do you know how to add your signature to youtube videos
#3 by nacao on May 4th, 2010
Great job. i just have one question, what is the email address of document control?
#4 by Jessie Cheung on May 4th, 2010
Computer says: If I were to sign a message, I would take the private key and perform a fixed set of operations on it to obtain the signature.
Computer says: Therefore, if the key remains the same, the signature should remain the same.
Computer says: Exception: The signature may not remain the same on a windows machine because they're weird and don't know what they're doing.
#5 by ToniAward10 on May 4th, 2010
#6 by shahab_phoenix on May 4th, 2010
Go to Control Panel, select Internet Options,
select Advanced,
scroll down to the Security section at the bottom.
Uncheck the box that says "check for signatures on downloaded programs".
Click Apply.
#7 by psychic on May 5th, 2010
@cjkillashot
Does the “Print Screen” button on your computer not work? Not sure I understand the question.
#8 by J.C on May 5th, 2010
#9 by hak8or on May 5th, 2010
try booting into safemode … uninstall ur graphics driver then reinstall it .. if that dont work i would slave the harddrive into another machine to retrieve data then reformat it ..
#10 by rails on May 5th, 2010
@50unitedstates
Not sure, I scanned my signature on paper and then saved it as an image, then attached that image to my signature.
#11 by Veggie misses you............... on May 5th, 2010
Maybe this can help you understand what digital signature is
http://www.youdzone.com/signature.html
A digital certificate is an electronic "credit card" that establishes your credentials when doing business or other transactions on the Web. It is issued by a certification authority (CA). It contains your name, a serial number, expiration dates, a copy of the certificate holder's public key (used for encrypting messages and digital signatures), and the digital signature of the certificate-issuing authority so that a recipient can verify that the certificate is real. Some digital certificates conform to a standard, X.509. Digital certificates can be kept in registries so that authenticating users can look up other users' public keys.
http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid14_gci211947,00.html
#12 by truth on May 6th, 2010
how do i take pictures off of adobe acrobat that someone gave you
#13 by urbantool on May 6th, 2010
I put the name of my company under organization and then I put the business unit under Organization Name. ie: Bureau Veritas / Power & Utilities
#14 by earthlink on May 7th, 2010
HI, great video. I’m trying to create my digital, handwritten signature on the computer so that I can sign my name on Word or pdf documents. Is it possible to create a handwritten signature using a mouse and Photo Shop and then be able to just paste it into a document as needed? Thank you.
#15 by corpo on May 7th, 2010
What do you put on organization unit and organization name?