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1. PDF Tools AG Premium PDF Technology PDF Security Service Version 4 5 August 26 2015 38 41 co Do not Embed Revocation Information This switch inhibits the embedding of revocation information such as online certificate status response OCSP RFC 2560 and certificate revocation lists CRL RFC 3280 Revocation information is either an OCSP response or a CRL which is provided by a validation service at the time of signing and acts as proof that at the time of signing the certificate is valid This is useful because even when the certificates expires or is revoked at a later time the signature in the signed document remains valid Embedding revocation information is optional but suggested when applying advanced or qualified electronic signatures If the embedding is enabled then the information of the signer certificate and the issuer certificates other than the root certificate is embedded as well This implies that both OCSP responses and CRLs can be present in the same message The downsides of embedding revocation information are the increase of the file size normally by around 20k and that it requires a connection to a validation service which delays the process of signing normally by around 2 seconds For mass signing it is suggested to use the caching mechanism see chapter Caching of CRLs OSCP and TSP Responses Embedding revocation information requires an online connection to the CA that issues them The firewall
2. Provider http server mydomain com 8080 0001 pass01 A more detailed description can be found in the user manual of the 3 Heights Signature Creation and Validation Service Selecting a Certificate for Signing Selection of the signing certificate works the same as if the token was used directly Selecting a Certificate for Signing PDF Tools AG Premium PDF Technology PDF Security Service Version 4 5 August 26 2015 21 41 5 2 4 SwissSign Personal Signing Service Provider Option cp The provider configuration string contains the URL to the service endpoint Provider Configuration The provider can be configured using provider session properties There are two types of properties String Properties String properties are set using option cps File Properties File properties are set using option cpf Name Type Required Value Identity String required The identity of your signing certificate Example My Company Signing Cert 1 DSSProfile String required http dss swisssign net dss profile pades 1 0 SSLClientCertificate File required SSL client certificate in PKCS 12 Format p12 pfx File must contain the certificate itself all certifi cates of the trust chain and the private key AMERO ie ERS String optional Password to decrypt the private key ofthe SLL client certificate SSLServerCertificate File recommended Certificate of the server or its issuer CA certifi cate in DER Format der ce
3. This drawback can be overcome using an Advanced or Qualified Electronic Signature Advanced Electronic Signature Requirements for advanced certificates and signatures vary depending on the country where they are issued and used An advanced electronic signature is based on an advanced certificate that is issued by a recognized certificate authority CA in this country such VeriSign SwissSign QuoVadis In order to receive an advanced certificate its owner must prove his identity e g by physically visiting the CA and presenting his passport The owner can be an individual a legal person or another entity PDF Tools AG Premium PDF Technology PDF Security Service Version 4 5 August 26 2015 6 41 An advanced certificate contains the name of the owner the name of the CA its period of validity and other information The private key of the certificate is protected by a PIN which is only known to its owner This brings the following advantages over a simple electronic signature The signature authenticates the signer The signature ensures the integrity of the signed content Qualified Electronic Signature Requirements for qualified certificates and signatures vary depending on the country where they are issued and used A Qualified Electronic Signature is similar to an advanced electronic signature but has higher requirements The main differences are tis based on a qualified certificate which is provided as
4. Reason reviewed the document Time D 20061211132331 cci Signer contact info Add a descriptive text as signer contact info e g a phone number This enables a recipient to contact the signer to verify the signature This is not required in order to create a valid signature ci Certificate Issuer The issuer of the certificate The Certificate Issuer corresponds to the common name CN of the issuer In the Windows certificate store this corresponds to Issued by This property can be used to select the signer certificate for signing see description of Cryptographic Provider in use cno Certificate Serial Number Set the serial number of the certificate Specify a hex string as displayed by the Serial number field in the Microsoft Management Console MMC e g 49 cf 7d d1 6c a9 This property can be used to select the signer certificate for signing see description of Cryptographic Provider in use cfp Certificate Fingerprint Set the hex string representation of the signer certificate s sha1 fingerprint All characters outside the ranges 0 9 a f and A F are ignored In the Microsoft Management Console the Thumbprint value can be used without conversion if the Thumbprint algorithm is sha1 E g b5 e4 5c 98 5a 7e 05 ff f4 c6 a3 45 13 48 Ob c6 9d e4 5d f5 This property can be used to select the signer certificate for signing see description of Cryptographic Provider in use
5. 35 41 Example Set the stream crypt filter and the string crypt file to AESV2 o owner fm AESV2 fr AESV2 id Add entries to the info object metadata This switch receives key value pairs as a parameter The pair is added as a new entry to the info object If the entry already exists then the previous entry is overwritten If the key corresponds to a standard metadata key then the XMP metadata is updated accordingly Example Overwrite the default producer id Producer MyProgram k Set the Length of the Encryption Key The key length is a determining factor of the strength of the encrypting algorithm and the amount of time to break the cryptographic system For RC4 the key length can be any value from 40 to 128 that is a multiple of 8 For AESV2 the key length is automatically set to 128 for AESV3 to 256 Notes Certain PDF viewers only support 40 and 128 bit encryption Other tools such as the 3 Heights tools also support other encryption key lengths 256 bit encryption requires Acrobat 9 or later Ifthe selected permission flags require a minimum key length the key length is automatically adjusted e g to 128 bits o Set the Owner Password The owner password is required to change the security settings of the document In order to apply permission flags an owner password must be set Permission flags are set with the switch p Example Encrypt a document and set the owner passwo
6. Option cn Time stamp optional Muente pte 3161 Option tsu Revocation Info optional true to embed OCSP responses or CRL Option co METE MN TIE TEA optional See separate chapter on creating a visual appearance Proxy Configuration Ifa proxy is used for the connection to the service see chapter How to Use a Proxy for more information 3This parameter is not used for certificate selection but for the signature appearance and signature description in the PDF only O PDF Tools AG Premium PDF Technology PDF Security Service Version 4 5 August 26 2015 23 41 5 2 6 QuoVadis sealsign Provider Option cp The provider configuration string contains the URL to the QuoVadis sealsign service For example http services sealsignportal com 18080 sealsign ws BrokerClient Provider Configuration The provider can be configured using provider session properties that can be set using the options cps or cpf Name Type Required Value Identity String required The account ID is the unique name of the ac count specified on the server Example Rigora Profile String required The profile identifies the signature specifica tions by a unique name Example Default secret String required The secret is the password which secures the access to the account Example NeE EKEd33FeCk70 clientid String optional A client ID can be used to help separating ac cess and creating better statistics If specified in the account configuration it is
7. PKCS 11 products have been successfully tested SafeNet Protect Server SafeNet Luna SafeNetAuthentication Client IBM OpenCrypTokl a CryptoVision Siemens CardOS Selecting a Certificate for Signing The 3 Heights PDF Security Service offers different ways to select a certificate The product tries the first of the following selection strategies for which the required values have been specified by the user 1 Certificate fingerprint Option cfp SHA1 fingerprint of the certificate The fingerprint is 20 bytes long and can be specified in hexadecimal string representation e g b5 e4 5c 98 5a 7e 05 ff f4 c6 a3 45 13 48 Ob c6 9d e4 5d f5 In Windows certificate store this is called Thumbprint if Thumbprint algorithm is shat 2 Certificate Issuer and SerialNumber Options ci and cno Certificate Issuer e g QV Schweiz CA in Windows certificate store this is called Issued By Serial number of the certificate hexadecimal string representation e g 4c 05 58 fb This is a unique number assigned to the certificate by its issuer In Windows certificate store this is the field called Serial number in the certificate s Details tab 3 Certificate Name and optionally Issuer Options cn and ci Common Name of the certificate e g PDF Tools AG in Windows certificate store this is called Issued To Optional Certificate Issuer e g QV Schweiz CA i
8. a valid existing certificate name must be provided and its private key must be available There are various ways to create or obtain a certificate How this is done is not described in this document This document describes the requirements for and how to use the certificate On the Windows operating system certificates can be listed by the Microsoft Management Console MMC which is provided by Windows In order to see the certificates available on the system do the following steps 1 To launch the MMC go to Start gt Run gt type mmc or start a Command Prompt and type mmc A a Type the name of a program folder document or 5 Internet resource and Windows will open it for you Open y Cancel Browse Under File gt Add Remove Snap in Choose Certificates and click the Add button In the next window choose to manage certificates for My user account Click Finish The certificate must be listed under the root Certificates Current User for example as shown in the screenshot below Ti Consolei Console Root Certificates Current User Personal Certificates O U 4 0 N Friendly Name Batu Personal store contains 1 coffee I 7 Double click the certificate to open The certificate name corresponds to the value Issued to PDF Tools AG Premium PDF Technology PDF Security Servic
9. ment An owner password and a user password The user password protects the document against unauthorized opening and reading If a PDF document is protected by a user password either the user or owner password must be provided to open and read the document If a document has a user password it must have an owner password as well If no owner password is defined the owner password is the same as the user password The owner password is also referred to as the author s password This password grants full access to the doc ument Not only can the document be opened and read it also allows for changing the document s security settings access permission and passwords The following table shows the four possible combinations of passwords and how an application processing such a PDF document behaves Table Owner and User Passwords Userrwd OwnerPwd Behavior none none Everyone can read Everyone can change security settings No encryption none set Everyone can read The user password is an empty string Owner password re quired to change security settings set none User password required to read The owner password is equal to the user pass word User password required to change security settings set set User or owner password required to read Owner password required to change security settings Permission Flags What operations ina PDF document are granted is controlled via its permission flags In order to set permission fl
10. 11 Provider For more information and installation instructions see separate document TechNotePKCS11 pdf Soft Certificate Soft certificates are typically PKCS 12 files that have the extension pfx or p12 and contain the signing certificate as well as the private key and trust chain issuer certificates Soft certificate files cannot be used directly Instead they must be imported into the certificate store of a cryptographic provider All Platforms The recommended way of using soft certificates is to import them into a store that offers a PKCS 11 interface and use the PKCS 11 Provider For example AHSM openCryptoki on Linux PKCS 11 softtoken on Solaris For more information and installation instructions of the above stores see separate document TechNotePKCS11 pdf Windows If no PKCS 11 provider is available soft certificates can be imported into Windows certificate store which can then be used as cryptographic provider gt Microsoft CryptoAPI Signature Service Signature services are a convenient alternative to storing certificates and key material locally The 3 Heights PDF Security Service can use various different services whose configuration is explained in the following sections of this documentation 3 Heights Signature Creation and Validation Service SwissSign Personal Signing Service SwissSign SuisselD Signing Service QuoVadis sealsign Swisscom All in Signing Service 1See the description of th
11. necessary to provide this value Example 3949 4929 3179 2818 String required The PIN code is required to activate the sign ing key Example 123456 MESES E da String optional The message digest algorithm to use Note that the supported algorithms depend on the provider Default SHA 256 Alternatives SHA 1 SHA 384 SHA 512 RIPEMD 160 RIPEMD 256 Signature Configuration The signature can be customized using standard options Description Required Value Setting Common Name required The name of the signer should be set Option cn Time stamp Not available Revocation Info optional true to embed OCSP responses or CRL Option co METE WAN TIE TEA optional See separate chapter on creating a visual appearance Proxy Configuration If a proxy is used for the connection to the service see chapter How to Use a Proxy for more information This parameter is not used for certificate selection but for the signature appearance and signature description in the PDF only O PDF Tools AG Premium PDF Technology PDF Security Service Version 4 5 August 26 2015 24 41 5 2 7 Swisscom All in Signing Service General Properties To use the signature service the following general properties have to be set Description Required Value Setting ete Neem required Name of the signer Option cn Provider required The service endpoint URL of the REST service Option cp Example https ais swisscom com A
12. o 18 SwissSign Personal Signing Service e 20 SwissSigni SulsselD Sigming Service au woke ek a a tow a we Se ok ee doe ne ide 21 QUOVadissse lsien ui a E de A ak BE a hate wales dp nae me ae 22 Swisscom All in Signing Service 2 eee 23 5 3 Howto Create Digital Signatures 0 eee 24 How to Create a PAGES LTV Signature 2 Como oe eee ee eee 24 How to Create a Time stamp Signature 2 ee 24 How to Create a Visual Appearance of a Signature naua ee 25 MiscellamGOUSic ss yea i 4 43 was wa en ee wann ORR a Wye RUD Kad Sagan ee eee eh 25 5 4 How to Validate Digital Signatures 1 ee eee 27 6 Reference Manual sion coi ee ee eH ee a dea 29 6 1 Service Eontroltommands u wa etaa a oe nad aide aad sede aad ste age dd lcd 29 E Greate Services edi dhe ode aha en Rd ay eS Ba Gh GS dee AA Sa a es 29 Oi Delete SERVICE u 0 04 aig da del os oe Wows hace lay Ae a a wT nn was Oe eae ae lal ceed 29 25 Start Service s g ek ok BE RRS ERE Ee RAE PS ee A 30 St SLOP SERVICE s oe bate AS Ee RE a ae ew ae ed A ee et 30 2a PAUSE SOVIET BROS BE wk DAS PRLS SR Geko Re Be np 30 O CONTINUE SEVICE eri ded Poh dee eee ae hae ae Soa Ss pep ee he GS ab Sa ee ees 30 q Query Current Status of Service oo ooo 30 List Permission Flags ars ea A eee es Bae We a SG SA A BAe ats 30 x Run as Executable s a eag 2 82 00 0 00 ARS aS RED Eo EH Hew PRET Se Hada Beinen 30 6 2 Configuration Options a r
13. password cn tsu http mytimestamp com tsc username password wpu Web Proxy Server URL In an organization where a web proxy server is in use it must be ensured this web proxy server is specified The URL is something like http proxy example org or an IP address For more information see the chapter How to Use a Proxy wpc Web Proxy Server Credentials If a web proxy server is used and it requires authentication use this switch and the syntax user password Example set a web proxy server URL and use authentication wpu http proxy example org wpc user password For more information see the chapter How to Use a Proxy nc Disable cache for CRL and OCSP Get or set whether to disable the cache for CRL and OCSP responses Using the cache is safe since the re sponses are cached as long as they are valid only The option affects both signature creation and validation See section on caching for more information on the caches af1 Signature Font Name 1 This is the path to the font name used in upper text i e the text that is set by at1 PDF Tools AG Premium PDF Technology PDF Security Service Version 4 5 August 26 2015 40 41 af2 Signature Font Name 2 This is the path to the font name used in lower text i e the text that is set by at2 at1 Signature Text 1 This is the upper text that is added to the signature If this property is set to blank the s
14. same functionality as long as the executable is running pdfsecuresvr x PDF Tools AG Premium PDF Technology PDF Security Service Version 4 5 August 26 2015 32 41 6 2 Configuration Options Configuration File PdfSecureSvr ini The pafsecuresvr ini configuration file defines the setting for the watched folders It is read upon starting the service Pdf SecureSvr required Autodelete optional true or false AutodeleteAll optional true or false LogPath optional if used must be a path like C mypath log or the keyword EventLog PollingInterval optional value in milliseconds default 1000 JobPrefix optional true or false LogLevel optional 0 or 1 Threads n required Threadi w required Thread2 w Threadn There must be exact as many threads as defined in Threads n Example PdfSecureSvr Autodelete true LogPath EventLog JobPrefix false Threads 2 Threadi w C PdfSecureSvr Secure u user o owner p mc Thread2 w C PdfSecureSvr Unsecure pw password Ik Set License Key Pass a license key to the application at runtime instead of installing it on the system w Set the Watched Folder Use the option w to define the path of the watched folder This path should not contain mapped drives since other users such as LocalSystem do not recognize them This parameter must always be the first parameter ofathread w C PdfSecureSvr Secure Note that t
15. security guide lines Most important is that the configuration file pdfsecuresvr ini is only accessible by authorized users i e it is not on a publicly shared folder O PDF Tools AG Premium PDF Technology PDF Security Service Version 4 5 August 26 2015 11 41 4 2 State Diagram of the Service The 3 Heights PDF Security Service behaves as described in the state diagram below If Stop if called when the service is in the state Paused the current job is aborted This means the current page is finished processing then the job is terminated If Stop is called when the service is the state Running the current job all pages is finished Then the service is stopped Create Stop Abort Start Stop Unknown Running Restart Stop Start Abort Start Stop Delete Delete Marked for Delete Example Let s take the configuration file from the chapter Configuration Sample PdfSecureSvr AutoDelete True Threads 3 Threadi w d wfEncryptAllowPrint o owner p pd Thread2 w d wfEncryptAllowChange o owner2 p mc Thread3 w d wfEncryptUserPwd pw password o owner3 user user3 This configuration file creates three watched folders d wfEncryptAllowPrint d wfEncryptAllowChange and d wfEncryptKeylUser Each of these folders has four subfolders InProgress Jobs Failed Logs Secured and Succeeded The 3 Heights PDF Security Service grabs the file and processe
16. signature cards smart cards USB tokens HSM can be used PDF documents used in professional circumstances contain important information that needs to be protected against misuse and unintentional alteration This is achieved by protecting PDF documents through encryption and user authorization rights PDF Security Tool Verify Signature or LL Digital Signature L Certificate Fe Time Server OCSP Server Parameters When exchanging electronic documents the ability to ascertain that a document is authentic and has not been manipulated on its way from sender to recipient is of particular importance This is only achievable through the use of electronic signatures PDF Tools AG Premium PDF Technology PDF Security Service Version 4 5 August 26 2015 3 41 1 2 Functions The 3 Heights PDF Security Service enables users to encrypt and if the passwords are known decrypt PDF documents The tool can set and cancel all known PDF user authorizations It can for instance set an owner password so that only authorized users can edit and change the document A user password ensures that only authorized users have access to the document s content The tool s signature module allows the user to apply read and verify both classic digital signatures and MDP modification detection and prevention signatures The visibility and visual appearance of digital signatures can be adapted to suit re
17. signature description in the PDF only O PDF Tools AG Premium PDF Technology PDF Security Service Version 4 5 August 26 2015 25 41 On Demand Certificates To request an on demand certificate the following additional property has to be set Type Required Value MEAN TEINE String required The requested distinguished name Example cn Hans Muster o ACME c CH Step Up Authorization using Mobile ID To use the step up authorization the following additional properties have to be set NETT Required Value Mobile phone number Example 41798765432 SwisscomAllinMSISDN required MURA ESE String required The message to be displayed on the mobile phone Example Pipapo halolu MESA EAE String required The language of the message Example DE Those properties have to comply with the Swisscom Mobile ID specification 5 3 How to Create Digital Signatures This chapter describes the steps that are required to create different types of digital signatures A good intro ductory example can be found in the chapter Digital Signatures 5 3 1 How to Create a PAdES LTV Signature In order to create a PAdES LTV signature the following is required 1 An advanced or qualified signing certificate For requirements and preparation steps see the sample in chapter Digital Signatures Make sure the store of your cryptographic provider contains all certificates of the trust chain including the root certificate 2 Embed revocati
18. signatures are distinguished Simple Electronic Signature Einfache Elektronische Signatur Advanced Electronic Signature Fortgeschrittene Elektronische Signatur Qualified Electronic Signature QES Qualifizierte Elektronische Signatur All applied digital signatures are PDF A and PAdES compliant Simple Electronic Signature A simple electronic signature requires any certificate that can be used for digital signing The easiest way to retrieve a certificate which meets that requirement is to create a so called self signed certificate Self signed means it is signed by its owner therefore the issuer of the certificate and the approver of the legitimacy of a document signed by this certificate is the same person Example Anyone could create a self signed certificate issued by Peter Pan and issued to Peter Pan Using this certificate one is able to sign in the name of Peter Pan If a PDF document is signed with a simple electronic signature and the document is changed after the signature has been applied the signature becomes invalid However the person who applied the changes could at the same time maliciously also remove the existing simple electronic signature and after the changes apply a new equally looking Simple Electronic Signature and falsify its date As we can see a simple electronic signature is neither strong enough to ensure the integrity of the document nor to authenticate the signer
19. the document as long as the original document does not have a user password The user password protects the document so that it only can be opened if the user or owner password is known No PDF application program can open a user password protected PDF document without providing the password The security of such a document however strongly depends on the password itself Like in most password related situations insecure passwords can easily be found programmatically E g a brute force attempt testing all passwords which either exist as word in a dictionary or have less than six characters only takes minutes How to Set Permission Flags equally to Acrobat In Acrobat 7 there are four different fields check boxes that can be set In brackets is the corresponding setting using the parameter p 1 Printing Allowed None Low Resolution p High Resolution pd 2 Changes allowed None Inserting deleting and rotating pages a Filling in form fields and signing existing signature fields PDF Tools AG Premium PDF Technology PDF Security Service Version 4 5 August 26 2015 14 41 Commenting filling in form fields and signing existing signature fields fo Any except extracting pages fom 3 Enable copying of text images and other content sc 4 Enable text access for screen reader devices for the visually impaired s These flags can be combined Example In order to grant permission which are equ
20. the licenses are managed manually It is only available on Windows 2 The license key is installed using the shell tool This is the preferred solution for all non Windows systems and for automated license management 3 The license key is passed to the application at runtime via the switch 1k This is the preferred solution for OEM scenarios 3 1 Graphical License Manager Tool The GUI tool LicenseManager exe is located in the bin directory of the product kit a y PDF Tools License Mana ger File Edit Help X GD Add Key Delete Refresh List All Users Current User License Properties 3 Heights TM Document Converter a Name Value 7 Y 0 10A0M EEE a Key 0 J0A04 Da 3 Heights TM Image to PDF Converter API Intended Use Productive Y Y 0 JOA94 emis i al ia a fa Y Platform Windows 3 Heights TM Image to PDF Converter Service ae Pagels de TP 0 1CAD ATEHH AAA DEC Y Expiration Does not expire ts A A As er amp 4 Maintainance Expiration 2033 12 31 2 Uniahte TAM Imanna ta ANO Famiartar Chall O PDF Tools AG Premium PDF Technology PDF Security Service Version 4 5 August 26 2015 9 41 List all installed license keys The license manager always shows a list of all installed license keys in the left pane ofthe window This includes licenses of other PDF Tools products The user can choose between Licenses available for all users Administrator rights
21. 0 x PDF Tools AG Premium PDF Technology PDF Security Service Version 4 5 August 26 2015 29 41 Revocation Information An OCSP response or CRL must be available This is shown in the tab Revocation The details should mention that the certificate is considered valid The presence of revocation information must be checked for the signing certificate and all certificates of its trust chain except for the root certificate Certificate Viewer QuoYadis Root Certification Autb El QY Schweiz ICA Time stamp The signature can optionally contain a Time stamp This is shown in the tab Date Time The certificate of the Time stamp server must also be trusted i e its trust chain should be validated as described in the section Trust Chain above Signature Properties O PDF Tools AG Premium PDF Technology PDF Security Service Version 4 5 August 26 2015 30 41 Validation of a PAdES LTV Signature Verifying if a signature conforms to the PAdES LTV standard is similar to validating a Qualified Electronic Signa ture The following must be checked Trust Chain Revocation information Time stamp LTV expiration date Other PAdES Requirements WM PWN gt Trust Chain Trust chain validation works the same as for validating Qualified Electronic Signatures Revocation information Revocation information OCPS response or CRL must be valid and embedded into the signature
22. 24 hours ago SThe sizes of the TSP responses are cached only Cached TSP responses cannot be embedded but used for the computation of the signature length only PDF Tools AG Premium PDF Technology PDF Security Service Version 4 5 August 26 2015 27 41 The directory for temporary files is determined as follows The product checks for the existence of environment variables in the following order and uses the first path found 1 The path specified by the TMP environment variable 2 The path specified by the TEMP environment variable 3 The path specified by the USERPROFILE environment variable 4 The Windows directory How to Use a Proxy The 3 Heights PDF Security Service can use a proxy server for all communication to remote servers e g to download CRL or for communication to a signature service The proxy server can be configured using the provider session property Proxy The property s value must be a string with the following syntax http s lt user password gt host lt port gt Where http https Protocol for connection to proxy user password optional Credentials for connection to proxy basic authorization host Hostname of proxy port Port for connection to proxy For SSL connections e g to a signature service the proxy must allow the HTTP CONNECT request to the signa ture service Example Configuration of a proxy server that is called myproxy and accepts HTTP connections on p
23. 3 Heights PDF Security Service aborts and returns an error when encryption is configured and an imput file is PDF A Use this option in order to enable encryption of PDF A conforming files The conformance of the output file is downgraded to PDF fr Set String Crypt Filter Set the string crypt filter Supported values are the following strings None V2 AESV2 and AESV3 Setting an empty string selects the default filter Crypt filter None The application does not decrypt data v2 PDF 1 1 default The application asks the security handler for the encryption key and implicitly decrypts data using the RC4 algorithm AESV2 PDF 1 6 The application asks the security handler for the encryption key and implicitly decrypts data with using the AES V2 128 bit algorithm AESV3 PDF 1 7 The application asks the security handler for the encryption key and implicitly decrypts data with using the AES V3 256 bit algorithm fm Set Stream Crypt Filter Set the stream crypt filter Supported values are the following strings None V2 AESV2 and AESV3 Note that certain PDF viewers require the stream crypt filter to be equal to the string crypt filter e g both must be RC4 or AES Other tools such as the 3 Heights PDF Tools do not have this limitation Setting an empty string selects the default filter PDF Tools AG Premium PDF Technology PDF Security Service Version 4 5 August 26 2015
24. 55 Grey 128 128 128 Blue 0 0 255 Yellow 255 255 0 acs Signature Stroke Color This is the color of the signature s border line as RGB value The default is 8405056 red 64 green 64 blue 128 In order to not set a color i e keep it transparent set it to 1 O PDF Tools AG Premium PDF Technology PDF Security Service Version 4 5 August 26 2015 41 41 dts Create a Time stamp Signature Add a document level Time stamp No appearance is created The following signature options must be set tsu The following signature options may be set cp tsc wpu wpc mdp Create a DocMDP Signature This option creates a DocMDP document modification detection and prevention signature instead of a doc ument signature The DocMDP signature is also referred to as certify a document Note This version can create visible DocMDP signatures In order to create an invisible signature set the signature s rectangle as follows ar 0 0 0 0 dap Document Access Permissions for DocMDP Signature This option controls the type of permitted modifications to a certified document Valid values are 1 No changes to the document are permitted any change to the document invalidates the signature default 2 Permitted changes are filling in forms instantiating page templates and signing other changes invalidate the signature 3 Permitted changes are the same as for 2 as well as annotation creation deletion and modificat
25. En User Manual 3 Heights PDF Security Service Version 4 5 TOOLS COM emium PDF Technolog Contents 1 Introduction sss s oe oie ios ne en nn AI E A A rer 1 Ll Description a a A A A A Alon Wa A ASA AS a DA as 1 1 22 A A E EN 2 1 37 Operating SYSLEMS iay aiaa i g a Mets ne Ae a EA A a a ai ae ae 3 1 4 Digital Signatures cosa ida ac a ann eho da A a a 3 What is an Electronic Signature 4 How to Create Electronic Signatures eee 5 2 Installation And Deployment 0 ccc cee eee ee ee eee eee eee eee eens 6 2 1 Overview ges sie eae re RR 6 2 2 2 WINOWS s Susi o a a da nern ee that dog erehshee 7 2 3 Note about the Evaluation Version 2 22 ee eee 7 3 License Management 26 066 2 00 02 000 eee ee nn en ne ns nn nu 7 3 1 Graphical License Manager Tool 2 2 onen een 7 3 2 JPICENSE KEY Storage anna a re ae ES a ee le Bee ee 8 4 Getting Started u 0 nor aa na ae a AA Owe 9 4 1 Starting the Service acia adsense ea eee ba aa ae a 9 4 2 State Diagram of the Service 2 cn o 10 5 Users Guide essc 0 0 ia eneee pEr bpn is a Da al a De ea Bees 11 5 1 EHEFYPLION wai mida rc hick wae ee en ae ah Be aie aan fe aed a cz 11 5 2 Cryptographic Provider ss gnani saa 243 was sn ach anna a ae ken 13 PKCS 11 Provider 2 2 0 04 Ba ae ee ee ee ey rn a a run sch 14 Microsoft CryptoAPI Provider o ooo 15 3 Heights Signature Creation and Validation Service o ooo
26. IS Server rs v1 0 sign Time stamp optional nen et Et ces od Option tsu MIA optional true to embed OCSP responses Option co If a proxy is used for the connection to the service see chapter How to Use a Proxy for more information Provider Session Properties In addition to the general properties a few provider specific session properties have to be set There are two types of properties String Properties String properties are set using option cps File Properties File properties are set using option cpf Name Type Required Value DSSProfile String required http ais swisscom ch 1 0 SSLClientCertificate File required SSL client certificate in PKCS 12 Format p12 pfx File must contain the certificate itself all certifi cates of the trust chain and the private key SNK Teenie EST String optional Password to decrypt the private key ofthe SLL client certificate SSLServerCertificate File recommended Certificate ofthe server or its issuer CA certifi cate in DER Format der cer Note If this property is not set the server cer tificate is not verified at all Identity String required The identity string as provided by Swisscom lt customer name gt lt key identity gt RequestiD String recommended Any string that can be used to track the re quest Example An UUID like AE57F021 COEB 4AE0 8E5E 67FB93E5BC7F 5This parameter is not used for certificate selection but for the signature appearance and
27. In the details verify that the revocation check was performed using data that was was embedded in the signature Revocation information that was contained in the local cache or was requested online is not embedded into the signature and does not meet PAdES LTV requirements Time stamp A Time stamp must be embedded and validated as described for validating Qualified Electronic Signatures If a document contains multiple Time stamps all but the latest one must contain revocation information LTV expiration date The long term validation ability expires with the expiration of the signing certificate of the latest Time stamp The life time of the protection can be further extended beyond the life of the last Time stamp applied by adding further DSS information to validate the previous last Time stamp along with a new Time stamp Other PAdES Requirements Certain other PAdES requirements such as requirements on the PKCS 7 CMS cannot be validated using Adobe Acrobat For this use the 3 Heights PDF Security API for validation 6 Reference Manual 6 1 Service Control Commands These options are used to control the service The create and delete functions require administrator rights The start and stop functions require operator rights c Create Service The 3 Heights PDF Security Service is created using the option c gt C pdf tools bin pdfsecuresvr c Important It is essential that pdfsecuresvr e
28. a hardware token USB stick smart card For every signature it is required to enter the PIN code manually This means that only one signature can be applied at a time Certificate revocation information OCSP CRL can be acquired from an online service The response valid revoked etc must be embedded in the signature A time stamp TSP that is acquired from a trusted time server TSA may be required This brings the following advantages over an advanced electronic signature The signature ensures the certificate was valid at the time when the document was signed due to the embedding of the OCSP CRL response The signature ensures the integrity of the time of signing due to the embedding of the time stamp Legal processes that require a QES are supported Note that a Time stamp can be added to any type of signature OCSP CRL responses are also available for some advanced certificates 1 4 2 How to Create Electronic Signatures Preparation Steps 1 Identify whether an advanced or a qualified signature is required For most automated processes an ad vanced signature is sufficient 2 Acquire a corresponding certificate from a CA Note that some CA offer USB sticks or smart cards that contain both an advanced and a qualified certificate 3 Setup and configure the certificate s Cryptographic Provider Incase the certificate resides on hardware such as an USB token or a Smart Card the required middle ware driver
29. ags the PDF document must be encrypted and have an owner password The owner password is required to initially set or later change the permission flags These access permission flags are Modifying the content of the document Copying or extracting text and graphics from the document Adding or modifying text annotations and interactive form fields Printing the document low or high quality Filling in form and digitally signing the document Assembling the document inserting rotating deleting pages etc PDF Tools AG Premium PDF Technology PDF Security Service Version 4 5 August 26 2015 13 41 How to Encrypt a PDF Document If either of the passwords or permission flags is set the document is encrypted If only a user password is set but no owner password and no permission flags the owner password is equal to the user password and all permissions are granted Example Create a document where only low resolution printing is allowed o ownerpassword p p Example Create a document where only low resolution printing is allowed and the user is prompted for a password upon opening the document The user must therefore know either the user or the owner password o ownerpassword u userpassword p p How to Read an Encrypted PDF Document A PDF document which is not encrypted or protected with an owner password only can be read and decrypted by the 3 Heights PDF Security Service with
30. al to Acrobat s 7 Printing Allowed High Resolution and Enable copying of text images and other content set the flags pdsc 4 16 512 2048 2580 o ownerpassword p pdsc input pdf output pdf 5 2 Cryptographic Provider In order to use the 3 Heights PDF Security Service s cryptographic functions such as creating or validating digital signatures a cryptographic provider is required The cryptographic provider manages certificates their private keys and implements cryptographic algorithms The 3 Heights PDF Security Service can use various different cryptographic providers The following list shows for which type of signing certificate which provider can be used USB Token or Smart Card These devices typically offer a PKCS 11 interface which is the recommended way to use the certificate gt PKCS 11 Provider On Windows the certificate is usually also available in the Microsoft CryptoAPI This provider is not rec ommended unless you experience problems with your device s PKCS 11 interface If you need to sign documents on a non Windows system with an USB token that does not come with middleware for your platform you can use the 3 Heights Signature Creation and Validation Service If you need to sign documents on Windows in a non interactive or locked session use the 3 Heights Signature Creation and Validation Service Hardware Security Module HSM HSMs always offer very good PKCS 11 support gt PKCS
31. are needed for modifications Licenses available for the current user only Add and delete license keys License keys can be added or deleted with the Add Key and Delete buttons in the toolbar The Add key button installs the license key into the currently selected list The Delete button deletes the currently selected license keys Display the properties of a license If a license is selected in the license list its properties are displayed in the right pane of the window Select between different license keys for a single product More than one license key can be installed for a specific product The checkbox on the left side in the license list marks the currently active license key 3 2 License Key Storage Depending on the platform the license management system uses different stores for the license keys Windows The license keys are stored in the registry HKLM Software PDF Tools AG for all users HKCU Software PDF Tools AG for the current user PDF Tools AG Premium PDF Technology PDF Security Service Version 4 5 August 26 2015 10 41 4 Getting Started 4 1 Starting the Service Once the configuration is done the service can be started and controlled via the command line To create or delete the service administrator permissions are required 1 To create the service use the option c This function will automatically search for the executable path Important It is essential that
32. csl Either of the following store locations Local Machine Current User default Usually personal certificates are stored in the current user location and company wide certificates are stored under local machine The current user s store is only available if the user profile has been loaded This may not be the case in certain environments such as within an IIS web application or COM applications Use the store of the Local Machine if the user profile cannot be loaded O PDF Tools AG Premium PDF Technology PDF Security Service Version 4 5 August 26 2015 17 41 Certificates in the store Local Machine are available to all users However in order to sign a document you need access to the signing certificate s private key The private key is protected by Windows ACLs and typically readable for Administrators only Use the Microsoft Management Console mmc exe in order to grant access to the private key for other users as follows Add the Certificates Snap in for the certificates on Local Machine Right click on the signing certificate click on All Tasks and then Manage Private Keys where you can set the permissions Selecting a Certificate for Signing First the certificate store defined by the provider is used Within the store the selection of the signing certificate works the same as with the PKCS 11 provider which is described here Selecting a Certificate for Signing Certificates In order to sign a PDF document
33. d values are specific to the cryptographic provider PDF Tools AG Premium PDF Technology PDF Security Service Version 4 5 August 26 2015 39 41 csl Certificate Store Location For the Microsoft CryptoAPI Provider this defines the location of the certificate store from where the signing certificate should be taken Supported are o Local Machine 1 Current User default For more information see the detailed description of the Microsoft CryptoAPI Provider csn Certificate Store Name For the Microsoft CryptoAPI Provider this defines the certificate store from where the signing certificate should be taken This depends on the OS The default is MY Other supported values are CA or ROOT Example use the certificate store ROOT from the Local Machine account CU CS RO OA E SO tsu Time stamp URL The URL of the trusted Time stamp server TSA from which a Time stamp shall be acquired This setting is only required when applying a Qualified Electronic Signature Applying a Time stamp requires an online connection to a time server the firewall must be configured accordingly In case a web proxy is used it must be ensured the following MIME types are supported application timestamp query application timestamp reply tsc Time stamp Credentials If a Time stamp server requires authentication use this switch to provide the credentials Example Credentials commonly have the syntax username
34. does not support some new cryptographic algorithms Therefore it is recommended to use the PKCS 11 Provider if possible Configuration Provider Option cp The provider configuration string has the following syntax ProviderType Provider PIN The ProviderType and PIN are optional The corresponding drivers must be installed on Windows Examples Provider Microsoft Base Cryptographic Provider v1 0 Provider Microsoft Strong Cryptographic Provider Provider PROV_RSA_AES Microsoft Enhanced RSA and AES Cryptographic Provider The provider type PROV_RSA_AES supports the SHA 2 hash algorithms for signature validation not signa ture creation This provider type is recommended in order to validate signatures if no PKCS 11 device is available Optionally when using an advanced certificate the pin code can be passed as an additional semi column separated parameter This does not work with qualified certificates because they always require the pin code to be entered manually and every time If the name of the provider is omitted the default provider is used Examples 123456 being the pin code Provider Microsoft Base Cryptographic Provider v1 0 123456 Provider 123456 Certificate Store Option csn The value for the certificate store depends on the OS Supported values are CA MY and ROOT For signature creation the default store MY is usually the right choice Store Location Option
35. e Version 4 5 August 26 2015 18 41 Certificate Y Certificate Information This certificate is intended to Ensures the identity of a remote computer Proves your identity to a remote computer Ensures software came from software publisher Protects software from alteration after publication Protects e mail messages Allows data to be signed with the current time Issued to Philip Renggli Issued by Philip Renggli Yalid from 11 12 2006 to 11 12 2011 You have a private key that corresponds to this certificate 8 Inthe tab Detail of the certificate there is a field named Key Usage This field must contain the value Digital Signature Additional values are optional see also screenshot You must have the private key that corresponds to this certificate Certificate Montag 11 Dezember 2006 1 Sonntag 11 Dezember 2011 CH philip renggli pdf tools c RSA 1024 Bits ey g Digital Signature Data Enciph SJ Thumbprint algorithm shal y Thumbprint 358D ABBE E427 1F3C 689C A Digital Signature Data Encipherment 90 PDF Tools AG Premium PDF Technology PDF Security Service Version 4 5 August 26 2015 19 41 Qualified Certificates A qualified certificate can be obtained from a certificate authority CA Besides the requirements listed in the previous chapter it has the additional requirement to contain the key Authority Information Access which conta
36. e 3 Heights Signature Creation and Validation Service for more details on this topic PDF Tools AG Premium PDF Technology PDF Security Service Version 4 5 August 26 2015 15 41 5 2 1 PKCS 11 Provider PKCS 11 is a standard interface offered by most cryptographic devices such as HSMs USB Tokens or sometimes even soft stores e g openCryptoki More information on and installation instructions of the PKCS 11 provider of various cryptographic devices can be found in the separate document TechNotePKCS11 pdf Configuration Provider Option cp The provider configuration string has the following syntax PathToD11 SlotId Pin PathToD11 is the path to driver library filename which is provided by the manufacturer of the HSM UBS token or smart card Examples The SuisselD USB Tokens use cvp11 dll The CardOS API from Atos Siemens uses siecap 11 dll The IBM 4758 cryptographic coprocessor uses cryptoki dll Devices from Aladdin Ltd use etpkcs11 dll lotId is optional if it is not defined it is searched for the first slot that contains a running token Pin is optional if it is not defined the submission for the pin is activated via the pad of the token If this is not supported by the token the following error message is raised when signing Cannot access private key Examples Provider WINDOWS system32 siecap11 d11 4 123456 Interoperability Support The following cryptographic token interface
37. e ee ee ea Oe es 39 atl Signature Text 1 y nai 22 4 Me ed 2 A a ees AGERE She eee dl eh ee HES Se Peaks 39 a12 SIgNatUre TEXEZ da ci ae an Ua mec aan AC ae ape Wedd Mama SUE ae pled wh wes 39 abg Signature Background Image oana een 39 al Signature Line Width 0 0 eee eee ee 39 acf Signature Fill Colors ocres a OE MEATS EGA ERE EERE REE SHEER EE BO GS a 39 sacs Signature Stroke Color ate ew 2 an a ne SS a ES eae 39 dts Create a Time stamp Signature een 40 mdp Create a DOCMDP Signature mon 40 dap Document Access Permissions for DocMDP Signature 1 o nenn 40 afs Force Signature is oe ae ERE BE Bene ae 40 p2f Replace placeholder image with signature field 2 2 2 CC m Coon 40 7 Licensing and Copyright 246 ccs eee ce eee ee he HONE RC Eee OEE Ee eH Cee ewe Eu S 40 8 Contact asii ola E e cod RETO O ii eee erie seeds 41 O PDF Tools AG Premium PDF Technology PDF Security Service Version 4 5 August 26 2015 2 41 1 Introduction The 3 Heights PDF Security Service is a ready to use product that allows to install a Windows NT service pro cess to automatically deal with the security of PDF documents from watched folders 1 1 Description The 3 Heights PDF Security Service enables the application of digital signatures to PDF documents and their subsequent protection through setting passwords and user authorizations Both standard signatures and qualified signatures that use
38. e to the configuration file O PDF Tools AG Premium PDF Technology PDF Security Service Version 4 5 August 26 2015 34 41 PdfSecureSvr LogPath EventLog The system s application log event will then log messages similar as shown below CreateService The operation completed successfully StartService The operation completed successfully Note that the messages are only fully accessible while the service is created Otherwise a message as shown below is displayed The description for Event ID 1 in Source PdfPrintSvr cannot be found The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer The following information is part of the event DeleteService The operation completed successfully Polling Interval The polling interval defines the time in milliseconds that the polling thread pauses between two polls The time passing until the same watched folder is polled again maximum pick up time is The value of Pollinginterval plus the actual time it takes to poll all watched folders The higher the polling interval the lower the network traffic and the longer it takes until documents are picked up Suggested values for the polling intervals are 1000 to 10000 milliseconds PdfSecureSvr PollingInterval 5000 6 3 Encryption fe Force Encryption File encryption is not allowed by the PDF A standard Therefore
39. ent Prove existence of file prior to date time stamp Digitally signing a document requires a certificate and its private key How to access and use a certificate is described in the chapter Cryptographic Provider In a PDF document a digital signature consists of two parts A PDF related part This part consists of the PDF objects required to embed the signature into the PDF document This part depends on the signature type Document Signature MDP Signature see table below Information such as name of the signer reason date location is stored here The signature may optionally PDF Tools AG Premium PDF Technology PDF Security Service Version 4 5 August 26 2015 5 41 have a visual appearance on a page ofthe PDF document which can contain text graphics and images This part of the signature is entirely created by the 3 Heights PDF Security Service Acryptographic part A digital signature is based on a cryptographic checksum hash value calculated from the content of the document that is being signed If the document is modified at a later time the computed hash value is no longer correct and the signature becomes invalid i e the validation will fail and will report that the document has been modified since the signature was applied Only the owner of the certificate and its private key is able to sign the document However anybody can verify the signature with the pub lic key contained in the certificate This part o
40. f the signature requires a cryptographic provider for some cryptographic data and algorithms The 3 Heights PDF Security Service supports the following types of digital signatures Document Signature Check the integrity of the signed part of the document and authenticate the signer s identity One or more signatures can be applied A signed document can be modified and saved by incre mental update The state of the document can be re created as it existed at the time of signing MDP Modification detection and prevention Signature Enable detection of disallowed changes specified by the author A document can contain only one MDP signature it must be the first in the document Other document signatures may be present Document Time stamp Signature Establish the exact content of the file at the time indicated by the Time stamp One or more document Time stamp signatures can be applied A signed document can be modified and saved by incremental update 1 4 1 What is an Electronic Signature There are different types of electronic signatures which normally are defined by national laws and therefore are different for different countries The type of electronic signatures required in a certain process is usually defined by national laws Quite advanced in this manner are German speaking countries where such laws and an established terminology exist The English terminology is basically a translation from German Three types of electronic
41. gital Signatures 4 423400 044 ah ar ESE AAAS Ea ea Raw aS ees 35 ap Signature Page Number o 35 ar Signature Annotation Rectangle 2 2 on mn 35 cn Certificate Name Subject 222 ee eee eee 36 cr Signature REASON 0 3 aeie a Ra Ee ES ee AR PAE ae ba ea 36 CC Signer contact INTO ii 20 4 a e gS Gale bade ern ee MAG Woda e Go be SE ee aes 36 Ck Certificate ISSUE sioc 2 028 00000000 u a gees Micke mrad a ae ody OO ene PONS Bw eee wre 36 Eno Certificate Serial NUMBEF vota 3332 a Re eae ee ee an 36 cfp Certificate Fingerprint 2 ee eee 36 co Do not Embed Revocation Information 0 37 cp Gryptographie Provider s a ci ral 244 Sew a Ae ae a he Br Leine 37 cps Cryptographic session property string 6 ern 37 cpf Cryptographic session property file e 37 esi Certificate Store LOCati N e sia e Ha ee e a ere ay ok OO Km ee a Rae a 38 csmi Certificate Store Name sgn nk 2003 sun HER ER ea ana 38 sus Time stamp URL seri eag seed 2 8 ES ae ee SHES Dea Be EER ALS 38 atse Time stamp Credentials ss ses e 25006 b ae EER ERE EDAD wR Ree EO Er ee ae 38 wpu Web Proxy Server URL su a ud ee en ee eb eae ee de ae eae we es 38 wpc Web Proxy Server Credentials 2 2222 20mm en 38 ne Disable cache for CRL and OGSP sity sic i ree dee eae hee BS a ek ee 38 afl Signature Font Name moi zus w Re Aa ae Are eS A ES EE Sad 38 af2 Signature Font Name 2 4 4 un eee han wk SR Re EN a oe e
42. he best way on Windows is this 1 Retrieve a copy of the certificate containing a public key This can be done be requesting it from the is suer your CA or by exporting it from an existing signature to a file CertExchange cer Ensure you are not installing a malicious certificate 2 Add the certificate to the trusted root certificates If you have the certificate available as file you can simply double click it to install it After that you can validate the signature e g by open the PDF document in Adobe Acrobat right click the signature and select Validate then select Properties and select the tab Trust There the certificate should be trusted to sign documents or data Certificate Viewer This dialog allows you to view the details of a Certificate and its entire issuance chain The details shown correspond to the selected entry all certification Pals found Quovadis Root Certification Autt Y General Details Revocation Trust Policies Legal Notice El QU Schweiz ICA Trust Settings This certificate is trusted to Sign documents or data WZ Certify documents Execute dynamic content that is embedded in a Certified document Execute high privilege JavaScripts that are embedded in a Certified document Add to Trusted Identities En Ei 10 The selected certificate path is valid The path validation and revocation checks were done at 2010 03 12 16 21 08 01 0
43. he service 2 Cryptographic devices that can be used on Windows only can be made accessible to siging processes run ning on Non Windows systems 3 Cryptographic devices can be made accessible to processes running in non interactive sessions Many cryp tographic devices must always be used in an interactive session for two reasons First the middleware re quires the user to enter the pin interactively to create a qualified electronic signature Second USB tokens and smart cards are managed by Windows such that the device is available only to the user currently using the computer s console Therefore services remotely logged in users and applications running in locked sessions have no access to the device Note that this is a separate product and this chapter describes its usage with the 3 Heights PDF Security Service only For more information on the 3 Heights Signature Creation and Validation Service and installation instructions please refer to its separate user manual Configuration Provider Option cp The provider configuration string has the following syntax http server mydomain com lt port gt lt token gt lt password gt Where server mydomain com is the hostname of the server lt port gt is optional port of the server lt token gt the ID of the token PDF Tools AG Premium PDF Technology PDF Security Service Version 4 5 August 26 2015 20 41 lt password gt password of the token Examples
44. he service supports path lengths including file name of up to 258 characters This includes the 21 characters of the job ticket If a file name exceeds this value its file name is truncated at the end of the file name and before the file extension It is therefore suggested that watched folder names are kept reasonably short wd Set the Drop In Folder By default the drop in folder is equal to the folder defined as watched folder using the option w If the input files should be taken from a different folder this can be configured using wd All folders created by service including the output folder are at the directory defined by w O PDF Tools AG Premium PDF Technology PDF Security Service Version 4 5 August 26 2015 33 41 wd C SomePath DropIn wfs Select only certain file extensions By default the service tries to process all files dropped into the drop in folder regardless of the extension With this option the processing can be restricted to a set of known file extension wfs pdf txt wfi Ignore certain file extensions By default the service tries to process all files dropped into the drop in folder regardless of the extension With this option files with certain file extensions ca be ignored wfi temp tmp Autodelete of Successfully Printed Files When a print job succeeded the PDF document will be moved from the folder Jobs to the folder Succeeded To automatically delete the
45. ignature name is added to the upper text line of the visual signature at2 Signature Text 2 This is the lower text that is added to the signature The text can be multi lined by using carriage returns If this property is set to blank a three line text is constructed that consists of A statement who applied to signature The reason of the signature The date abg Signature Background Image This is the background image that is added to the signature The image is centered and scaled down pro portionally to fit into the given rectangle If the path is NULL or the image does not exist the appearance s background is a filled rectangle using the colors fill color and stroke color Note that for the output file to be PDF A the image s color space must match the document s output intent In order to create a signature with the image only set the signature texts 1 and 2 to al Signature Line Width This is the thickness of the line surrounding the visual signature in points acf Signature Fill Color This is the color of the signature s background as in RGB value The default is 16761024 red 192 green 192 blue 255 In order to not set a color i e keep the rectangle transparent set it to 1 Color examples color red green 256 blue 256 256 where red green and blue assume values from 0 to 255 Red 255 0 0 Cyan 0 255 255 Black 0 0 0 Green 0 255 0 Magenta 255 0 255 White 255 255 2
46. ins the information about the OCSP server Certificate General Details Certification Path Show lt All gt v Field Value certificate Policies 1 Certificate Policy Policy Ide 5 Authority Information 4 1 Authority Info Access Acc le Subject Alternative Name Other Name 1 3 169 13 12 4 Falissuer Alternative Name Directory Address O ZertES Esauthority Key Identifier KeyID 3a 52 64 Ob da ee 4c 5 Falcrt Distribution Points 1 CRL Distribution Point Distr FA subject Key Identifier 9a 00 d3 56 43 41 6e a0 e6 5d Eilkey Usage Digital Signature Non Repudia Access Method On line Certificate Status Protocol 1 3 6 1 5 5 7 48 1 Alternative Name URL http focsp quovadisglobal com 2 Authority Info Access Access Method Certification Authority Issuer 1 3 6 1 5 5 7 48 2 Alternative Name URL http trust quovadisglobal com qvtsagca crt v Edit Properties Copy to File 5 2 3 3 Heights Signature Creation and Validation Service The 3 Heights Signature Creation and Validation Service provides HTTP protocol based remote access to cryp tographic providers such as smartcards USB tokens and other cryptographic infrastructure such as HSMs Use of the 3 Heights Signature Creation and Validation Service provides the following advantages 1 By means of this service the tokens can be hosted centrally and used by any client computer which has access to t
47. ion other changes invalidate the signature fs Force Signature Force signature allows DocMDP PDF 1 6 and Time stamp signatures PDF 2 0 on PDF A 1 documents The output file s version is upgraded and PDF A conformance removed So the output file will contain the signa ture but not be PDF A 1 anymore Applying a DocMDP or Time stamp signature breaks PDF A 1 compliance therefore the default behavior is to abort the operation with an error p2f Replace placeholder image with signature field This option enables the replacement of special placeholder images with signature fields This function is used to automatically place signature fields under the control of the creator program Frequent Error Source It may happen that you type a command or copy it from this manual and it doesn t work even though it seems to be correct A common reason is that the dash which is used for most parameters is accidently mistaken by an em dash 7 Licensing and Copyright The 3 Heights PDF Security Service is copyrighted This user s manual is also copyright protected it may be copied and given away provided that it remains unchanged including the copyright notice O PDF Tools AG Premium PDF Technology PDF Security Service Version 4 5 August 26 2015 42 41 8 Contact PDF Tools AG Kasernenstrasse 1 8184 Bachenb lach Switzerland http www pdf tools com PDF Tools AG Premium PDF Technology PDF Security Service Versi
48. l appearance can be specified Page and Position See options ap and ar Color See options acf and acs Line Width The line width of the background rectangle see option al Text Two text fragments can be set using two different fonts and font sizes see options at1 at2 afl and af2 Background image See options abg 5 3 4 Miscellaneous Caching of CRLs OCSP and TSP Reponses In order to improve the speed when mass signing the 3 Heights PDF Security Service provides a caching al gorithm to store CRL Certificate Revocation List OCSP Online Certificate Status Protocol TSP Time stamp Protocol and data from signature services This data is usually valid over period of time that is defined by the protocol which is normally at least 24 hours Caching improves the speed because there are situations when the server does not need to be contacted for every digital signature The following caches are stored auto matically by the 3 Heights PDF Security Service at the indicated locations within the directory for temporary files OCSP responses ocsp server hash der CRL crl server der TSP responses tsp server der Service data sig hash bin The caches can be cleared by deleting the files Usage of the caches can be deactivated by setting the option nc The files are updated if the current date and time exceeds the next update field in the OCSP or CRL response respectively or the cached data was downloaded more than
49. must be configured accordingly In case a web proxy is used it must be ensured the following MIME types are supported when using OCSP not required for CRL application ocsp request application ocsp response cp Cryptographic Provider This property specifies the cryptographic provider used to create and verify signatures For more information on the different providers available see the description in the respective subsection of the section Cryptographic Provider When using the Microsoft CryptoAPI Provider the value of this property with the following syntax ProviderType Provider PIN Examples 123456 being the pin code Provider Microsoft Base Cryptographic Provider v1 0 123456 Provider 123456 When using the PKCS 11 Provider the value of this property is to be set to a string with the following syntax PathToD11 SlotId Pin Examples Provider WINDOWS system32 siecap11 d11 4 123456 When using any of the service providers such as the Swisscom All in signing service the value of this prop erty is essentially the url of the service endpoint http s server servicedomain com 8080 ur1 cps Cryptographic session property string String property for configuring cryptographic session The supported names and values are specific to the cryptographic provider cpf Cryptographic session property file File data property for configuring cryptographic session The supported names an
50. n Windows certificate store this is called Issued By PDF Tools AG Premium PDF Technology PDF Security Service Version 4 5 August 26 2015 16 41 Using PKCS 11 stores with missing issuer certificates Some PKCS 11 devices contain the signing certificate only However in order to embed revocation information it is important that the issuer certificates i e the whole trust chain is available as well On Windows missing issuer certificates can be loaded from the Windows certificate store So the missing certificates can be installed as follows 1 Get the certificates of the trust chain You can download them from the website of your certificate provider or do the following a Sign a document and open the output in Adobe Acrobat b Goto Signature Properties and then view the signer s certificate c Select a certificate of the trust chain d Export the certificate as Certificate File extension cer e Do this for all certificates of the trust chain 2 Open the exported files by double clicking on them in the Windows Explorer 3 Click button Install Certificate 4 Select automatically select the certificate store based on the type of certificate and finish import 5 2 2 Microsoft CryptoAPI Provider Microsoft CryptoAPI MS CAPI CAPI offers access to the certificates stored in the Windows certificate store and other devices such as USB tokens with Windows integration Microsoft CryptoAPI
51. needs to be installed Incase the certificate is a soft certificate it must be imported into the certificate store of a cryptographic provider 4 Optional Acquire access to a trusted time server TSA e g from the CA of your signing certificate 5 Apply the signature by providing the following information Values for the selection of the signing certificate e g the name of the certificate The Cryptographic Provider where the certificate is located Optional Time stamp service URL e g http server mydomain com 80 tsa Optional Time stamp service credentials e g username password Optional Embed revocation information default true Optional Visual appearance of the signature on a page of the document e g an image PDF Tools AG Premium PDF Technology PDF Security Service Version 4 5 August 26 2015 7 41 Example Steps to Add an Electronic Signature The 3 Heights PDF Security Service applies PDF A compliant signatures This means if a PDF A document is digitally signed it remains PDF A compliant In order to add an electronic signature with the 3 Heights PDF Security Service the following steps need to be done 1 Provide the certificate name Subject 2 Apply settings for the signature such as the reason text or the visual appearance color position etc 3 Process the PDF document by a user which has access to the selected certificate and thereby add the sig nature The certifica
52. nology PDF Security Service Version 4 5 August 26 2015 8 41 2 2 Windows The retail version of the 3 Heights PDF Security Service comes as a ZIP archive containing various files including runtime binary executable code files required for the developer documentation and license terms 1 Download the ZIP archive of the product from your download account at http www pdf tools com 2 Unzip the file using a tool like WinZip available from WinZip Computing Inc at http www winzip com to a directory on your hard disk where your program files reside e g C Program Files PDF Tools AG 3 Check the appropriate option to preserve file paths folder names The unzip process now creates the following subdirectories bin Contains the runtime executable binary code doc Contains documentation files There is the option to download the software as MSI file which makes the installation easier 4 Optionally register your license key using the License Manager 5 If you want to sign documents proceed with setting up your cryptographic provider as described in chapter Cryptographic Provider 2 3 Note about the Evaluation Version The evaluation versions of the 3 Heights products automatically add a watermark to the output files 3 License Management There are three possibilities to pass the license key to the application 1 The license key is installed using the GUI tool Graphical user interface This is the easiest way if
53. ocosa dea ee als Re ey Ge he A ea woe ci Oe re 31 Configuration File PdfSecureSvr ini 1 e 31 alk Set license Key cia Goad ae Baw ede a debit CORES Seed a RS ihn 31 ew Set the Watched Folder oie e Hama wey ee UR eA cd Oo OR Peg A ew Bet aL 31 wd Set the Drop In Folder u 2 23 ee ra ee es ee BAe 31 wfs Select only certain file extensions 2 222 22mm een 32 wfi Ignore certain file extensions 2 2 2 20m onen 32 Autodelete of Successfully Printed Files o nenn 32 Job NumberPreiiX 12 3 A AA PALS See A AE E E 32 Lospath ii aia dre da e a ee cs io da e Ed ees 32 P llingilntervall s aia ee we ee a ams AOU K Gei ae E AE a ogee ae ale 33 6 3 SENErYPLON sai we ad SAA A AAA EA oe Be aa a ee 33 Te Force ENChyptiON a s raaa ad a a ri eae een 33 aire Set String Cry ptiFilter sata ee Se Sue oS Ee wi BR ae ne He ee e ad 33 PDF Tools AG Premium PDF Technology PDF Security Service Version 4 5 August 26 2015 1 41 IM set Stream Crypt Fite si eigi a a are am an ae Gea A ad eae Meals 33 id Add entries to the info object Metadata ooo 34 k Set the Length of the Encryption Key 22m nun nn 34 o Set the Owner Password ceannann rasedana iape e ERED REED SEER DE ren 34 P Set the Permission Flags 4 3 wa sun EEE au A eee oh Se ee A ae ee ad 34 pw Read an Encrypted PDF File o o ooo o ee eee eee 35 ESA Password nb se heeds tok het che A be ke A ghee ee Bh yack Soa te 35 6 4 Di
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55. on information Do not use the option co 3 Add a Time stamp Use the option tsu 5 3 2 How to Create a Time stamp Signature For a Time stamp signature no local signing certificate is required Instead the Time stamp signature requested from the Time stamp Authority TSA is embedded into the document Example Create a Time stamp signature using the option dts tsu http server mydomain com 80 tsa dts A Cryptographic Provider is required on non Windows systems only PDF Tools AG Premium PDF Technology PDF Security Service Version 4 5 August 26 2015 26 41 5 3 3 How to Create a Visual Appearance of a Signature Each signature may have a visual appearance on a page of the document The visual appearance is optional and has no effect on the validity of the signature Because of this and because a visual appearance may cover important content of the page many applications choose to create an invisible signature By default the 3 Heights PDF Security Service creates an appearance in the lower left corner of the last page which looks as shown below ip Rengali Digitally ar by 99 Philip Renggli Reason reviewed the document Time D 20061211132331 How to Create an Invisible Signature Invisible signatures have no visual appearance and can be created by setting an empty rectangle using the Option ar ar 0000 How to Create a Visual Appearance Different properties of the visua
56. ort 8080 cps Proxy http myproxy 8080 Configuration of Proxy Server and Firewall For the application of a Time stamp or online verification of certificates the signature software requires ac cess to the server of the certificates issuer e g http ocsp quovadisglobal com or http platinum qualified g2 ocsp swisssign net via HTTP The URL for verification is stored in the certificate the URL for Time stamp services is provided by the issuer In case these functions are not configured no access is required In organizations where a web proxy is in used it must be ensured that the required MIME types are supported These are OCSP application ocsp request application ocsp response Time stamp application timestamp query application timestamp reply Signature services Signature service specific MIME types PDF Tools AG Premium PDF Technology PDF Security Service Version 4 5 August 26 2015 28 41 5 4 How to Validate Digital Signatures Validation of a Qualified Electronic Signature There are basically three items that need to be validated 1 Trust Chain 2 Revocation Information optional 3 Time stamp optional Validation can be in different ways e g Adobe Acrobat from which the screenshots below are taken Trust Chain Before the trust chain can be validated ensure the root certificate is trusted There are different ways to add a certificate as trusted root certificate T
57. out providing a password A PDF document which is protected by a user password can only be opened if either the user or the owner pass word is provided using the option pw Technically it does not matter later on which of the two passwords was provided because both will grant full access to the document However it is up to the application programmer to distinguish between input documents that are password protected or not How secure is PDF Encryption Any PDF application that is to process or display a PDF document must be able to read and decrypt the contents of the pages in order to be able to display them It technically cannot display an encrypted text or image without first decrypting it A PDF application program has therefore full access to any PDF document it can decrypt and display PDF application programs such as all products of the PDF Security Service family or Adobe Acrobat can open and decrypt PDF documents which have an owner password but no user password without knowing that password Otherwise they couldn t display the document The application at that point has full access to the document However this does not imply the user of this application is given the same access rights The user should only be given the access permissions defined by the permission flags and the password he provided Any PDF application which behaves different from that can allow for changing the security settings or completely removing encryption from
58. ow the 3 Heights PDF Security Service is used to apply them It does however not describe all the technical details Terminology Digital Signature is a cryptographic technique of calculating a number a digital signature for a message Creat ing a digital signature requires a private key from a certificate Validating a digital signature and its authorship requires a public key Digital Signature is a technical term Electronic Signature is a set of electronic data that is merged or linked to other electronic data in order to authen ticate it Electronic Signatures can be created by means of a digital signature or other techniques Electronic Signature is a legal term Table Abbreviations CA Certification Authority CMS Cryptographic Message Syntax CRL Certificate Revocation List CSP Cryptographic Service Provider HSM Hardware Security Module ocsp Online Certificate Status Protocol PKCS Public Key Cryptography Standards QES Qualified Electronic Signature TSA Time stamp Authority TSP Time stamp Protocol Why Digitally Signing The idea of applying a digital signature in PDF is very similar to a handwritten signature A person reads a document and signs it with their name In addition to the name the signature can contain further optional information such as the date and location A valid electronic signature is a section of data that can be used to Ensure the integrity of the document Authenticate the signer of the docum
59. pdfsecuresvr ini be on a non mapped drive After executing this command the service is created It is now visible in the Computer Management win dow under Services To open the Computer Management window go to Start gt Control Panel gt Admini strative Tools gt Computer Management or simply right click the icon My Computer on the desktop and select manage If the services was created correctly it appears as PDF Security Service as shown in the image below je Computer Management lElx Action View e mengB A m n m Tree Name Description status Startup Type Logonas l Computer Management Local Sy Net Logon Supports p Started Automatic LocalSystem E i System Tools Sa NetMeeting Remote Allows aut Manual LocalSystem Storage Sa Network Connections Manages 0 Started Manual LocalSystem Es Services and Applications SBa Network DDE Provides n Manual LocalSystem E g Telephony Sa Network DDE DSDM Manages s Manual LocalSystem g Microsoft SQL Servers Sa Network News Tran Transports Started Automatic LocalSystem al H En SQL Server Configuration Manager Sa NT LM Security Sup Provides s Started Manual LocalSystem S WMI Control SRy PDF Printer Service 3 Heights Started Automatic LocalSystem Sa Services PDF Security Service PO Started Automatic Syst Ef Indexing Service Performance Logs a Configures Manual LocalS
60. quirements The tool also supports customized signature handlers and types Features Apply simple advanced and qualified electronic signatures Apply PAdES LTV Long Term Validation signatures Cache OCSP CRL and TSP responses for mass signing Apply modification detection amp prevention MDP signatures Apply document time stamp signatures Encrypt and decrypt PDF documents Set user authorizations including Print document Modify document content Extract or copy content Add comments Fill in form fields Content extraction for accessibility Assemble documents Print in high resolution Set crypt and stream filters Set encryption strength Set owner and user password Formats Input Formats PDF 1 x e g PDF 1 4 PDF 1 5 PDF A 1 PDF A 2 PDF A 3 Target Formats PDF 1 x e g PDF 1 4 PDF 1 5 PDF A 1 PDF A 2 PDF A 3 Compliance Standards ISO 32000 PDF 1 7 ISO 19005 1 PDF A 1 ISO 19005 2 PDF A 2 ISO 19005 3 PDF A 3 PAdES Part 2 and Part 4 Long Term Validation LTV PDF Tools AG Premium PDF Technology PDF Security Service Version 4 5 August 26 2015 4 41 1 3 Operating Systems Windows XP Vista 7 8 8 1 32 and 64 bit Windows Server 2003 2008 2008 R2 2012 2012 R2 32 and 64 bit 1 4 Digital Signatures Overview Digital signature is a large and slightly complex topic This manual gives an introduction to digital signatures and describes h
61. r Note If this property is not set the server cer tificate is not verified at all RequestiD String recommended Any string that can be used to track the re quest Example An UUID like AE57F021 COEB 4AE0 8E5E 67FB93E5BC7F Signature Configuration The signature can be customized using standard options of the 3 Heights PDF Security Service Description Required Value Setting Common Name required The name of the signer should be set Option cn Time stamp optional Tinga Ghee rfc 3161 Option tsu Revocation Info optional true to embed OCSP responses or CRL Option co METE MN TIE TEA optional See separate chapter on creating a visual appearance Proxy Configuration If a proxy is used for the connection to the service see chapter How to Use a Proxy for more information This parameter is not used for certificate selection but for the signature appearance and signature description in the PDF only O PDF Tools AG Premium PDF Technology PDF Security Service Version 4 5 August 26 2015 22 41 5 2 5 SwissSign SuisselD Signing Service In order to use the SuisselD Signing Service please contact Swiss Post Solutions AG suisseid post ch to obtain access credentials Prior to invoking the SuisselD Signing Service user authentication via the SuisselD Identity Provider IDP is a pre requisite So the calling application must integrate via SAML e g SuisselD SDK with the SuisselD Identity Provider The IDP is
62. rd to owner o owner p Set the Permission Flags This option sets the permission flags It is only usable in combination with encrypted documents i e an owner password must be set By default all permissions are granted The permissions that can be granted are listed below p allow printing low resolution m allow changing the document allow content copying or extraction o allow commenting f allow filling of form fields s allow content extraction for accessibility a allow document assembly d allow high quality printing 1 default allow everything all permissions are granted 0 allow nothing no permissions are granted O PDF Tools AG Premium PDF Technology PDF Security Service Version 4 5 August 26 2015 36 41 The parameter 0 cannot be combined with other flags The parameter 1 is the default it cannot be set explicitly In order to combine multiple permissions concatenate them to one string Example The following command sets the owner password to owner and the permission flags to allow print ing in low resolution and allow form filling o owner p pf Example High quality printing requires the standard printing flag to be set too o owner p pd pw Read an Encrypted PDF File When the input PDF file is encrypted and has a user password set the password to open the PDF the password can be provided as parameter of the switch p
63. rgument ar Signature Annotation Rectangle This option allows positioning the digital signature annotation The default location is in the lower left corner The units are PDF points A4 595x842 points Letter 612x792 points Example create a 200 by 60 points rectangle in the upper left corner of an A4 page Sei Yo 454 eae O 7177 0 BOO SO In order to create an invisible signature use the following rectangle PDF Tools AG Premium PDF Technology PDF Security Service Version 4 5 August 26 2015 37 41 ar 0000 cn Certificate Name Subject In order to sign a PDF document a valid existing certificate name must be provided Consult the chapter Certificates to learn more about certificates The name of a certificate is to be provided as parameter to the cn switch to digitally sign a PDF document as shown in the command below This property can be used to select the signer certificate for signing see description of Cryptographic Provider in use Example Sign the document cn Philip Renggli The signature is added on the last page of the signed document cr Signature Reason Add a descriptive text about the reason why the document was signed Example Sign the document and add a reason text cn Philip Renggli cr I reviewed the document The signature of the resulting output looks as shown below ip Rengali Digitally pS by 99 Philip Renggli
64. s it with the appropriate options If the user places a PDF file into the folder d wfEncryptAllowPrint it will be first moved to d wfEncryptAllowPrint jobs and renamed by adding a 16 character time stamp then moved to InProgress while it is processed and the resulting output document will be available in the folder d wfEncryptAllowPrint Secured Depending on success and the Autodelete setting the original file is either deleted moved to the folder Failed or Succeeded O PDF Tools AG Premium PDF Technology PDF Security Service Version 4 5 August 26 2015 12 41 5 User s Guide 5 1 Encryption Encryption and how it works in PDF A PDF document can be encrypted to protect its contents from unauthorized access The encryption process applies encryption to all streams e g images and strings but not to other items in the PDF document This means the structure of the PDF document is accessible but the content of its pages is encrypted When encryption is used in PDF a security handler must be selected The 3 Heights PDF Security Service always uses the standard security handler which according to the PDF Specification has to be supported by any software that can process encrypted PDF documents For more detailed information about PDF encryption in general see PDF Reference chapter 3 5 Owner Password and User Password The standard security handler allows access permissions and up to two passwords to be specified for a docu
65. successfully printed files the value AutoDelete can be set to True on the pdfsecuresvr ini file When set to False the files will remain in the folders Succeeded Documents which fail to print are not deleted PdfSecureSvr AutoDelete True To delete failed documents as well use the following setting PdfSecureSvr AutoDeleteAll True Job Number Prefix At the time when a document is copied from the watched folder to the Jobs sub folder it is renamed and added a 21 character prefix containing a time stamp Job 8 digits 8 digits Something like Job 01C61DD4 E72E1BCE_ The job number prefix ensures the same document name can be processed multiple times Adding the prefix can be prevented with the following line in the configuration file PdfSecureSvr JobPrefix False Not adding a prefix makes sense if printing to a virtual printer and the job name is directly converted to the file name Keep in mind though that if two files with the same name are printed the later one will overwrite the previous Logpath Log messages created by the service are by default written to the sub directory log To alter the directory add a line similar as shown below to the configuration file PdfSecureSvr LogPath C path log Messages created by the service can be added to the system s application event log instead of written to a log file This is achieved by adding the following lin
66. sues SAML tokens upon successful user authentication Note that the name of the signature should be the signer s name e g lt givenname gt lt surname gt The signer s name can be retrieved for the SAML token as the IDP provides this as qualified attributes yellowid verified Provider Option cp The provider configuration string contains the URL to the service Endpoint Provider Configuration The provider can be configured using provider session properties There are two types of properties String Properties String properties are set using option cps File Properties File properties are set using option cpf Name Type Required Value SAMLToken File required SAML token issued by the SuisselD Identity Provider IDP Example C temp my saml xml SSLClientCertificate File required SSL client certificate in PKCS 12 Format p12 pfx File must contain the certificate itself all certifi cates of the trust chain and the private key SI Mee ait String optional Password to decrypt the private key of the SLL client certificate SSLServerCertificate File recommended Certificate of the server or its issuer CA certifi cate in DER Format der cer Note If this property is not set the server cer tificate is not verified at all Signature Configuration The signature can be customized using standard options Description Required Value Setting Common Name required The name of the signer should be set
67. te name is provided with the switch cn the reason with the switch cr and the provider including the PIN to access the certificate s private key with the switch cp A sample command looks like this cn Philip Renggli CCU pa Oi sie crot paini cr I reviewed the document tsu http server mydomain com 80 tsa The visual appearance of the digital signature on a page of the resulting output document looks as shown below io Renggli Digitally Es by 99 Philip Renggli Reason reviewed the document Time D 20061211132331 2 Installation And Deployment 2 1 Overview The PDF Security Service is configured by the file pafsecuresvr ini which needs to be located in the same direc tory as the executable pafsecuresvr exe Before starting the service the configuration file needs to be adjusted How this is done is described in the chapter Editing the Configuration File pdfsecuresvr ini Once configured the service can be created started paused continued stopped and deleted via the command line To use the create and delete functions administrator permissions are required To start and stop the service operator permissions are required When the service is running it processes PDF documents that are copied or moved into watched folders They are then renamed and moved to the folder Jobs The renaming gives the PDF a 16 character long timestamp to create unique job tickets O PDF Tools AG Premium PDF Tech
68. w Example The input PDF document is encrypted with a user password Either the user or the owner password of the input PDF is mypassword The command to process such an encrypted file is pw mypassword When a PDF is encrypted with a user password and the password is not provided or is incorrect the 3 Heights PDF Security Service cannot read and process the file Instead it will generate the following error message Password wasnt correct u Set User Password Set the user password of the document If a document which has a user password is opened for any purpose such as viewing printing editing either the user or the owner password must be provided Someone who knows the user password is able to open and read the document Someone who knows the owner password is able to open read and modify e g change passwords the document A PDF document can have none either or both passwords Example Encrypt a document with a user and an owner password u userpassword o ownerpassword 6 4 Digital Signatures For more information on digital signatures in general see section Digital Signatures For more information on how to create digital signatures see section How to Create Digital Signatures ap Signature Page Number Set the page number of where the visual appearance of the digital signature should be placed The default is the last page The last page can also be set using 1 as a
69. xe be on a non mapped drive d Delete Service The 3 Heights PDF Security Service can be deleted with the option d pdfsecuresvr d PDF Tools AG Premium PDF Technology PDF Security Service Version 4 5 August 26 2015 31 41 S Start Service Once created the 3 Heights PDF Security Service can be started with the option s pdfsecuresvr s t Stop Service To stop the service use the option t pdfsecuresvr t If stop is called while the service is running the current job all pages will be finished after that the service is stopped If the service was paused before calling stop the current page while be finished processing After that page the job is aborted a Pause Service This option pauses the service pdfsecuresvr a o Continue Service This option resumes the service pdfsecuresvr o q Query Current Status of Service This option returns the current status of the service C gt pdfsecuresvr q The service starts automatically during system startup The service is stopped PdfSecureSvr QueryService The operation completed successfully i List Permission Flags This option lists all available permission flags pdfsecuresvr i x Run as Executable With this option the PDF Security Service runs as an executable instead of as a Windows Service It provides the
70. ystem a B Internet Information Services Sa Personal Secure Dri PersonalS Started Automatic LocalSystem Ba Plug and Play Manages d Started Automatic LocalSystem z By default the user is set to LocalSystem After the service is created the user can be changed This will be required in a situation where a network share is used as a watched folder or remote printers are used and the process needs to run under a user with the appropriate access permission rights since the account LocalSystem does not have any permissions on remote systems 2 After it is created the service can be started with the option s The path can be omitted if the pdfse curesvr exe is included in the path environment variable The following image shows these two steps ommand Prompt G gt pdfsecuresur s PdfSecureSurl StartService The operation completed successfully Files can now be copied or drag and dropped into the watched folder Documents that cannot be processed are moved to the folder Failed A log text file is created for failed documents This log has the same name as the input file but the extension txt The log file is available in the sub folder Logs Additionally a entry in the log file of the thread is created 3 To stop the service use the option t To restart use s again 4 To delete the service use the option d Due to the nature of a security tool the setup of the service is required to follow some

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