Tim, The password is sent during registration via email. The user can then change this via the website prior to receiving secured attachments.
Regards Rob -----Original Message----- From: Tim Churches [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 11 December 2006 16:56 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; General Practice Computing Group Talk Cc: 'General Practice Computing Group Talk' Subject: Re: RE: [GPCG_TALK] HeSA/Medicare Digital Certificates Rob King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > A PDF is encrypted using Adobe's methods and attached to normal email. OK. Is the PDF decrypted by the recipient using a PKI certificate or a password which is shared between 2hippos and the recipient? Abobe Reader supports both forms of encryption (symmetrical and PKI), I think? If the latter, how is the password securely conveyed tot he recipient? Tim C > -----Original Message----- > From: Tim Churches [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, 11 December 2006 16:34 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; General Practice Computing Group Talk > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [GPCG_TALK] HeSA/Medicare Digital Certificates > > Rob King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I note some discussion about 2Hippo and digital signing. Rob > > Hosking is > > correct: 2Hippo supports the use of individual Medicare (HeSA) > > certificates to sign any document. 2Hippo also verifies any signed > > document received, and provides an audit trail of all events > > occurring > > > to that document. > > > > The dig sig does not transfer to encrypted PDF attachments when > > recipients opt to receive secure documents via email. > > Could you expand on the last point, please? Does 2hippos use the > encryption built into Adobe Acrobat to create encrypted PDF files > which are then sent by normal email, or does 2 hippos send unencrypted > PDF files as attachments to encrypted email messages? > > Tim C > > _______________________________________________ > Gpcg_talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk
