PDF reports "Secured" or "Unsecured"

[Jo Ann Meyer Stratton]

One thing that might help is if you reduce the file size in Adobe Acrobat Writer. You have to apply the security setting after the reduction. When I do that, it cuts the size of my pdf in half.

 

[Terrel L. Shields]

Security can be set to allow copying or forwarding. There is no reason why the file should not be fully capable of being sent forward.

 

[Mike Garrett RAA]

Please show me where it says you have to send a secured .pdf?

 

[Carnivore]

You can secure the signature and edits, but it sounds like you secured it to the level that it can't be saved or reprinted as a PDF. For example, you may have sent the file in as 11122299955.pdf as the file name, and the court needs to save it as Defendant's Appraisal in their system for bookeeping reasons. With a high level of security, they can't do that and causes problems. In this time of edocs, you need to limit the security to signatures and changes, which you can easily do in your Adobe settings.

Don't create problems that you don't have to. As earlier posters have said, PDFs can be cracked. Legitimate users just don't need hassles when using your report, so adjust your settings accordingly.

Roger you onto something here. What courts use varies around the country. Some only use PDF others only use Word, etc.

Here is what many courts use and its important that you dont make it hard for them.

http://blogs.adobe.com/acrolaw/2008/07/bates_numbering_across_a_pdf_por.html

http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/pdfs/bates_numbering.pdf

Allen,

You need to get back with them and figure this out so they can move forward. Legal Clients pay well and they are loyal.

good luck, let us know how you solved the issue.

 

[Elliott]

Paralegal said, "I ask this is because the court cannot accept secured PDFs, and so we have to print out the appraisal and scan it back in. This means we often bump in to the file size limits on the court’s filing servers, whereas if the uploaded PDF was electronically generated, the file size would be smaller and would pass under the limits."


See how to unlock a pdf...

http://convert.neevia.com/

Either they can do it or you can do it.

 

[DWiley]

Digital signatures have been compromised many times. It has happened to me.

Were you using a digital signature or just an electronic signature? An image of your handwritten signature that is applied via password is an electronic signature, not a digital signature. The forms software packages available to appraisers offer electronic signatures, but I don't know of any yet offering digital signatures. ( I have not checked in the last few weeks)

It is true that files can be cracked. But if the file was signed with a digital signature, then the fact that the file was cracked can be proven.

Some appraisers use the password features available in many PDF creators. The "security" that offers is minimal. However, adding a digital signature, a real one, offers some of the best security one can have. It is a simple thing to do. Just consult the HELP feature in Acrobat.

If you are using a PDF generator that does not support or include a digital signature feature, that alone is reason enough to pay for Adobe, IMO.

 

[Carnivore]

If you are using a PDF generator that does not support or include a digital signature feature, that alone is reason enough to pay for Adobe, IMO.

DW,

Are you using a digital service? I dont. I made a simple digital signature to insure unauthorized changes are documented.

see attached . Is this essentially what your doing?

 

[DWiley]

Is this essentially what your doing?

Yes. That is it. There are lots of third party providers. Also, Adobe 6.0 and later includes the ability to generate a self-certifying signature. That's probably sufficient for what we do, IMO.

 

[Carnivore]

Yes. That is it. There are lots of third party providers. Also, Adobe 6.0 and later includes the ability to generate a self-certifying signature. That's probably sufficient for what we do, IMO.

Super Good! I have Adobe Pro 9. That means I can also make it very tight, by using the 256 bit encrypytion and only viewable by the FREE Adobe 9 Reader. And yes I produced both the blue signature image and the adobe digital signature myself for no cost.

Something I learned about PDF crackers. They work, but boy can you make them work very very hard trying to crack one of my files now. What it takes is simple, You must use a complex and numerous numbers/character string Password.

So even if they do crack the PDF the digital signature is like laying a 10 foot wide band of sand around the file. No matter how hard you try you will have to leave tracks!

In my example I used a password for permissions settings that is only 8 numbers/letters long because it is just an example.

You people doing work for Eape or Lowly Slaves Inc, try sending an Adobe 9 produced PDF with a digitial signature and a 12+ number/character permissions password and then sit back and listen for the phone to ring or wait for the urgent e-mail from that crowd.

 

[airphoto]

Interesting about the original post .. in my former area of NY the state Supreme Court will not accept a digital signature, but requires an original report with original signature ..