Celejar writes: > A financial institution refused to enable electronic delivery unless it > detected Acrobat Reader installed on my system.
How are they doing this detection? Could you spoof it? > [Our] statements are created using Adobe Acrobat software and a digital > signature is added for security purposes. As the Adobe Acrobat Reader is > currently the only PDF reader that fully supports digitally signed PDF > files, this software is required to ensure that the document is genuine. <http://www.secardeo.com/Trusted_E-Business/Digital_Signatures/PDF-FAQ/pdf-faq.html> pdfinfo _might_ get you the signature if you want to verify it (but you'd have to get their certificate somehow). Or perhaps they are using PGP: <https://www.veridis.com/philip-zimmermann/philip-zimmermann-corner/digitally-signed-pdf-files-now-with-openpgp-keys-%28by-philip-zimmermann%29.htm> This looks interesting: <http://homes.esat.kuleuven.be/~decockd/wiki/bin/view.cgi/HowTos/SignatureVerification> -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
