Hi AJ,

if you're new to the crypto-stuff there will be a bumpy road ahead ;-)

I would recommend to search the iText mailing list archive once you're facing 
problems. Many questions are answered here, already !
If you worry about a X.509 certificate, just create one using java's keytool. 
Or take alook at cacert.org ...

Greetings

Andreas

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Betreff: Re: Re: [iText-questions] signing question re date/time
Gesendet: Mi, 29. Jun 2011
Von: AJ Weber

Ah, so as Leonard was getting to, it appears the CA provides a URL, and there 
is the example I was missing.  I now see it later in the chapter, but had not 
ventured that far yet, because I don't have a X509 cert. Vielen dank. ----- 
Original Message ----- From: Andreas Kuehne To: AJ Weber Cc: Post all your 
questions about iText here Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 1:07 PMSubject: Re: 
Re: [iText-questions] signing question re date/time
Hi AJ,

I forget instantly, but google rmenbers :

http://www.itextpdf.com/examples/iia.php?id=225

And if you like to know about Timestamp, search for RFC 3161 have a look at 
http://www.opentsa.org/#service

Greetings

Andreas
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Betreff: Re: [iText-questions] signing question re date/time
Gesendet: Mi, 29. Jun 2011
Von: AJ Weber

Understood.  That was the intent of my original question: I don't see an API or 
example of how to request a time-stamp from a "time stamp server" (don't 
exactly know what that is -- is it a Stratum 1 or 2 NTP server?  is it 
something else?), and I don't see a method to set that time-stamp on the 
signature.   I see a setSignDate(), but that just takes a Calendar object, and 
I don't know how that would identify itself as some special/official time 
stamp. Thanks for the reply. ----- Original Message ----- From: Leonard 
Rosenthol To: AJ Weber Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 11:29 AMSubject: Re: 
[iText-questions] signing question re date/time
It means that you didn't involve a time-stamp server and so the time is based 
on your computer's time. 
This is sort of in the same boat as getting a real certificate – you can 
sign for yourself or you can sign for the real world.
Leonard
From: AJ Weber <[email protected]>
Reply-To: AJ Weber <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 07:18:30 -0700
To: Leonard Rosenthol <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [iText-questions] signing question re date/time

Here's my test document. ----- Original Message ----- From: Leonard Rosenthol 
To: AJ Weber ; Post here Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 10:14 AMSubject: Re: 
[iText-questions] signing question re date/time
Can't tell you w/o seeing an actual PDF that demonstrates the problem.
From: AJ Weber <[email protected]>
Reply-To: AJ Weber <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 07:04:10 -0700
To: Leonard Rosenthol <[email protected]>, Post here 
<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [iText-questions] signing question re date/time

Are you saying it's a bug in Acrobat 8?  Unfortunately, I can't control the 
viewing application (or version) that users choose to open the signed PDF with, 
so if there's a universally applicable way to get an appropriate timestamp and 
apply it to the signature, I think I should pursue that, right? ----- Original 
Message ----- From: Leonard Rosenthol To: AJ Weber ; Post here Sent: Wednesday, 
June 29, 2011 9:52 AMSubject: Re: [iText-questions] signing question re 
date/time
Have you tried Acrobat 9 or X?
From: AJ Weber <[email protected]>
Reply-To: AJ Weber <[email protected]>, Post here 
<[email protected]>
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 06:39:04 -0700
To: Post here <[email protected]>
Subject: [iText-questions] signing question re date/time

I'm testing some PDF signing using some of the sample code from the latest 
"iText In Action" book (slightly modified 12.14 code, to be moderately 
specific). When I look at the generated signature properties with Acrobat 8, 
there is a warning "Signature date/time are from the clock on the signer's 
computer." Is there some additional method-call I can use to get the date/time 
from an appropriate source to suppress this warning? NOTE: I'm testing with a 
self-signed cert at this time; maybe this is "automatic" for CA-issued certs. 
Thanks in advance,AJ 

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