On 07/04/2010, at 8:30 AM, Macs R We wrote:
> > On Apr 6, 2010, at 5:12 PM, Ashley Aitken wrote: > >>> If you have full PDF tools you can create an actual digital signature >>> field. The appearance of the field LOOKS like your graphic signature, but >>> the contents are similar to a PGP-style signature. >> >> Yes, I am aware of that (well not how it looks because I haven't used >> digital signatures with PDFs). >> >> I was just looking today for somewhere to buy a good personal certificate >> (name, physical address and email address for example, not just email >> address) and on both Verisign and Thawte I couldn't find any thing >> resembling that. It needs to be one of the big CAs that have their >> certificates distributed with the major operating systems. > > You don't need a certificate to use these fields. The process is similar to > creating a PGP key pair -- as long as only you know the keyphrase, you own > the signature. I'm not sure it is as easy as that. How does someone independently verify that you - and you are actually who you say you are - were the one who signed the document? That, I believe, is the whole reason for Public Key Infrastructure. Cheers, Ashley. -- Ashley Aitken Perth, Western Australia Skype/iChat: MrHatken (GMT + 8hrs!) _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
