Re: FLOSS support for signed PDFs

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On 09/30/07 16:52, Celejar wrote:
Hi,

A financial institution refused to enable electronic delivery unless it
detected Acrobat Reader installed on my system. When I challenged it
on this, mentioning that I use non-proprietary apps for PDF reading,
the response was as follows:

Due to the security placed on certain items, such as our online
statements, the Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to sign up for the
paperless services. [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.

We regret any inconvenience caused because the Adobe Acrobat Reader is
required, and we appreciate that you contacted us for additional
information. We do take customer feedback seriously, and your comments
have been passed on to the proper parties for review when determining
how we can best update our services in the future.

Is there really no FLOSS app that can handle PDF signatures? I suppose
the institution could use PGP or some other better supported
technology, but as long as they choose to use Acrobat's solution, do I
really have no choice?

Not at this time.

- --
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA

Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day.
Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good!

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