Avatar

Correct answer by
Level 9

Arne

The certificates must be x509 compliant, they do not need to be issued by a specific certificate authority.  You can use a self-signed certificate to do this.  You can use Acrobat to easily create a self-signed certificate (.P12) file.

In Acrobat, select Tools > Protection > More Protection > Security Settings > Add ID  then follow the wizard steps.  This will create a credential (public\private key pair) that will work to encrypt a PDF with a certificate.

Try the encryption with the new certificate.

Thanks

Steve

View solution in original post