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Getting and Using Your Digital ID
Security Feature User Guide
Managing PKCS#12 Digital ID Files 19
2.3 Managing PKCS#12 Digital ID Files
PKCS#12 digital ID files have several convenient features:
Multiple IDs can be stored in a single, password-protected file.
A file can contain both the public and private key.
Passwords and password time-outs are user customizable.
Figure 9 Digital ID Files menu
2.3.1 Logging in to a Digital ID File
You will not usually need to log in to a digital ID file. Logging in means that Acrobat wants you to prove
that you know the password to open the password-protected file containing the digital IDs. Since you
likely supplied the password when you created your ID or obtained a new one, then you should be logged
in.
However, you may need to log in for the following cases:
You logged out of the file for some reason.
You are importing an acrobatsecuritysettings file containing digital IDs.
To log in to a digital ID file:
2.3.2 Adding a Digital ID from a PKCS#12 File
If you need a digital ID does not appear in the digital ID list and you know it’s location, browse to it and add
it. You can browse to PKCS#12 files (with .
pfx
or .
p12
extensions) and Windows Certificate Store
compatible files (with .
cer
and .
der
extensions).
Note:
In enterprise settings, you may be instructed by your administrator to get a digital ID from a
specific location or to customize Acrobat or Adobe Reader to work with software supplied by
your organization.
To find a digital ID file:
1. Choose
Advanced
(Acrobat) or
Document
(Reader)
> Security Settings
.
2. Select
Digital IDs
in the left-hand tree (
Figure 4
).