Working with Credentials

About the Credential Service

A credential contains your private key information needed for signing or identifying documents. A certificate is public key information that you configure for trust. LiveCycle uses certificates and credentials for several purposes:

• Reader Extensions uses a credential to enable Adobe Reader usage rights in PDF documents. (See Applying Usage Rights to PDF Documents.)

• The Signature service accesses certificates and credentials while performing operations such as digitally signing PDF documents. (See Digitally Signing PDF Documents.)

You can programmatically interact with the Credential service using the Trust Manager Java API. You can perform the following tasks:

• Importing Credentials by using the Trust Manager API

• Deleting Credentials by using the Trust Manager API