The
Reader Extensions Rights credential is a digital certificate that
is specific to Reader Extensions that enables Adobe Reader usage
rights to be activated in PDF documents. If the credential is not
installed, Reader Extensions users cannot apply usage rights to
documents. You cannot use a standard digital certificate for this
function; you must use the dedicated Rights credential.
The Rights credential extends the usage rights of each PDF file
that Reader Extensions processes. It is a critical part of the software
licensing and should be stored carefully in a secure environment.
The following types of Rights credentials are available:
Customer Evaluation: A credential with a short validity
period that is provided to customers who want to evaluate Reader
Extensions. Usage rights applied to documents using this credential
expire when the credential expires. This type of credential is valid
only for two to three months.
Production: A credential with a long validity period that
is provided to customers who purchased the full product. Production
credentials are unique to each customer but can be installed on
multiple systems.
The Rights credential is delivered as a digital certificate that
contains the public key, the private key, and the password used
to access the credential.
If your organization orders an evaluation version of Reader Extensions,
you receive an evaluation Rights credential from the sales representative
you ordered the product from or from the website where you downloaded
the evaluation product.
If your organization purchases a production version of Reader
Extensions, the production Rights credential is delivered by Electronic
Software Download (ESD). A production Rights credential is unique
to your organization and can enable the specific usage rights that
you require.
If you obtained Reader Extensions through a partner or software
provider who integrated Reader Extensions into their software, the
Rights credential is provided to you by that partner who, in turn,
receives this credential from Adobe.
Note: The Rights credential cannot be used for typical
document signing or assertion of identity. For these applications,
you can use a self-sign certificate or acquire an identity certificate
from a Certificate Authority (CA).
