Acrobat 9 Family of Products
Managing Certificate Trust and Trusted Identities
Security Feature User Guide
Manually Configuring a Directory Server 39
Versions 7.x:
VeriSign Internet Directory Service
GeoTrust Directory Service
IDtree Directory Service
Version 8.x and 9x:
VeriSign Internet Directory Service
Home users may never need to use directory servers. In most cases, needed certificates will be sent
directly to you or will be embedded in a signature. However, enterprise users will likely use directory
servers when their administrator has set up an LDAP server as part of a public key infrastructure. This
allows the administrator to make the certificates available to teams and workgroups while managing them
from a central location. The administrator usually preconfigures user machines, tells the user how to
configure the server manually, or sends the server configuration details in a file as described in
“Migrating
and Sharing Security Settings” on page 149
.
Figure 30 Digital ID Directory servers: Server list
3.5.1 Manually Configuring a Directory Server
Some companies store employee digital ID certificates on a networked LDAP server. To access those
certificates, add the server to the list of directories used to locate those IDs.
Tip:
In an ideal scenario, the server administrator supplies configuration details in a file as
described in
“Migrating and Sharing Security Settings” on page 149
.
To manually configure an identity directory:
1. Choose
Advanced
(Acrobat) or
Document
(Reader)
> Security Settings
.
2. Select
Directory Servers
in the left-hand list (
Figure 30
).
3. Choose
New
.
4. Configure the LDAP server settings in the Edit Directory Server dialog:
Directory Name
: An arbitrary directory name.
Access Type
: LDAP is the only type supported.
Server Name
: The server name.