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badadim1587
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February 5, 2021
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Is there a way to generate PDF certificate confirming validity of digital signature?

  • February 5, 2021
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I used self signed certificate to sign PDF documents. The recipient of the documents is asking for a PDF copy of the certificate. I assume they are refering to one you can generate when you eSign documents using service like DocuSign.

 

I sahred the following step by step with the recepient about how to validate my signature, but they insist on getting a PDF version...

 

https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/validating-digital-signatures.html?jarvisData=%7B%22versionPath%22%3A%222.28.5%22%2C%22cookieGuid%22%3A%22NA%22%2C%22customData%22%3A%7B%22cookiesEnabled%22%3Atrue%2C%22analyticsServerEnv%22%3A%22%22%7D%7D#validate_a_digital_signature

 

Is it even possible in Adober and if yes, how?

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    try67
    Community Expert
    try67Community Expert
    Community Expert
    February 6, 2021

    If you want them to be able to verify your signature you need to send them the public key for it.

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    badadim1587Author
    Participant
    February 7, 2021

    I did, but they have no clue what and how unfortunately, even I sene the link from Adobe with instructions. They used to a one pager PDF certificate DocuSign generates to confirm validity of a signature. By other words, will be noce to be able to generate a PDF which contains all the signature details along with the signed document and the certificate as signature panel shows.

    Bernd Alheit
    Community Expert
    Bernd AlheitCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    February 7, 2021

    How should the PDF file confirm the validity of the digital certificate?

     

    Bernd Alheit
    Community Expert
    Bernd AlheitCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    February 6, 2021

    May be that they doesn't accept self created certificates.

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    badadim1587Author
    Participant
    February 6, 2021

    I doubt they know what it is and what the difference is. It is an insurance underwriter who most likely follow some internal policy and may not have technical background. They used to DocuSign which generates one pager PDF as a separate document confirming digital signature validity. For now I emailed them a screenshot of the Adobe signature panel, but is there a way to export all the details from the signature panel including underlying certificate details into a 1 page PDF?

    Bernd Alheit
    Community Expert
    Bernd AlheitCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    February 6, 2021

    Not possible with Acrobat Reader.

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