Security Certificates..

[Touqeer9045]

Hi,

I wanted to know how is it that when a security certificate is added to a PDF it is easily removed by some websites online.

Does that not defeat the purpose of adding security certificates to a PDF.

Thanks..

[Bernd Alheit]

You mean the certificate security?

[Touqeer9045]

@Bernd_Alheit,

Yes I'm talking about Certificate Security that is added to disallow changes to documents.

[Bernd Alheit]

When you set the premissions you will get this message:

[Touqeer9045]

@Bernd_Alheit,

Thanks, I'm aware of the message box, my question still being the same, the ability to remove the security feature, and the purpose of having the certificate if it's easily removable.

[Test Screen Name]

Certificates are not security. They don’t prevent tampering, or faking. Their job is to detect tampering. 

[Touqeer9045]

@Test_Screen_Name,

Thanks for the reply, I'm aware of the implementation of security certificates to detect document tampering, my question being the ease and ability of some sites to remove the certificates that allow tampering detection feature.

[Test Screen Name]

If a site removes the certificate, which is a trivial thing to do, then tampering is VERY evident. Because there is no longer any certificate...