Is there a way to disable creating P12 file when installing Adobe Acrobat Reader or Pro?

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November 21, 2018
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There is a password protected file in the Preflight folder created when installing Acrobat Reader. Is there a way to prevent this file from being generated? What is the .pfx file used for?

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km20926000Author

Participant

Thank you. Is there any documentation available to confirm that the .p12 file is NOT a certificate installation file?

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Steve Cordero

Adobe Employee

The Preflight.p12 is used for embedding audit trails and it is a valid certificate file.

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oldmanpunk

Participant

I realize this maybe valid but to justify a DOD STIG setting all pfx and p12 certs must be deleted or have vendor documentation that this is required.

I am going to ask the same question that was asked above in a different way. Is the P12 certificate required?

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Steve Cordero

Adobe Employee

No, that P12 file is used in several Action workflows.

km20926000Author

Participant

I would like to understand the use of the .p12 in the preflight folder. A folder and a password protected certificate is generated each time Adobe is updated. Screnshot attached.

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