I tried to understand all the "signation / certification stuff" and have some questions:
What is the difference between "Sign Document" and "Place Signature"? The manual is very cryptic, and the behaviour of both commands seem to be the same.
When signing a PDF the tool asks me for the PIN of my certificate - but not only one time, it asks 3 or 4 times.
Why? is it correct?
Working with Adobe reader I can not sign the PDF. The info box shows me (at first) that my certificate is allowed "to certificate, but not to sign the PDF". Now, after restart, it is allowed "to sign and to certificate".
Is there a difference between "Signing" and "Certification"?
Thanks and regards
Peter
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Re: Sign Document / Place Signature: Difference? Diff to Adobe?
Hello Peter,
It is possible that a PDF document is security protected, and does not allow modifications to be made, but does have a signature field. In such files you should be allowed to Place Signature in the specified field without this interfering with the document security restrictions, otherwise on other documents, the behaviour of both Sign and Place is indeed pretty much the same.
For the multiple PIN requests we already have a ticket:
#947: Problem with signing by Certificate from card - requests pin 3 times
That is still under investigation, and we will fix it as soon as possible.
As for "Signing" and "Certification" in Adobe - I could not comment, and the difference might be similar to the one between "Place" and "Sign" in our Viewer.
Best,
Stefan
It is possible that a PDF document is security protected, and does not allow modifications to be made, but does have a signature field. In such files you should be allowed to Place Signature in the specified field without this interfering with the document security restrictions, otherwise on other documents, the behaviour of both Sign and Place is indeed pretty much the same.
For the multiple PIN requests we already have a ticket:
#947: Problem with signing by Certificate from card - requests pin 3 times
That is still under investigation, and we will fix it as soon as possible.
As for "Signing" and "Certification" in Adobe - I could not comment, and the difference might be similar to the one between "Place" and "Sign" in our Viewer.
Best,
Stefan