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I am in a world of confusion with these digital signatures and adobe. I want to make sure I understand how this little operation works. I create a pdf form, I must have a digital certificate to validate my signature, I also (if I am the author of the document) have to have Certified Document Service so the recipient can trust the document. Now I have 2 questions. Since the author (me) is already verified by Certified Document Service, do I still need to exchange digital ID certificates with the recipient? Second Question and I know no one is an attorney and I know I should consult an attorney, but if anyone knows any hints about if Certified Document Service is part of the formula required to make a document legally binding. Meaning if I have a contract and it has been digitally signed with a digital ID with a certificate, will that be ruled out because the documents author was not verified with Certified Document Services.

I GUESS WHAT I AM TRYING TO SAY IS CERTIFIED DOCUMENT SERVICES REQUIRED!!!

2008-03-21 07:21:48

lkassuba

Registered: Jun 28 2007

Posts: 3636

Digital signatures, certificates, security, CDS all these things can get quite confusing. You might want to review the following blog for more background on these aspects of PDF and what components Acrobat provides and which ones it doesn't:
http://blogs.adobe.com/security/2008/02/trust_us_electronic_signatures.php

CDS is more of an automated way to provide assurance of the author’s identity while also showing that the PDF document has not been modified. Acrobat provides components of this solution as well as our security partners.

There is also additional information on digital signatures and security available under the FAQ links for this forum at:
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/security.php

Lori Kassuba is an AUC Expert and Community Manager for AcrobatUsers.com.

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Digital Signatures AHHHHHH!!!!