I would like to know of a way to automatically validate a Digital Signature that comes from the same certificate store as me.
Say the root of my certificate is: MyCompanyCA
If someone sends me a signed document the block comes in as a question mark instead of the green checkmark.
I have to manually go and trust the certificate from that person to make it green. Is there any way I can just trust ALL certificates from MyCompanyCA?
So if a new person sends a signed, valid document, it will contain a green checkmark instead of a question mark.
I am running Acrobat 8.
Thank you.
If you make the root CA certificate (or any of the intermediate CA certificates) the trust anchor, then all signatures created using digital IDs that chain up to that certificate will be valid (providing all other requirements are met). You can either add the root CA to the Acrobat/Reader Manage Trusted Identities list, or you can add them to the Windows Certificate Store, but in that later case you also need to set the preference to accept trust from Windows (and obviously, this isn't available on Mac or Linux).
Steve
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