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Solutions - PDF-Gate Signer

Overview - PDF-Gate Verifier

What is PDF-Gate Signer?
Secardeo PDF-Gate Signer is a server based signature solution for generating automated bulk signatures for PDF documents. The application is designed as a Windows service and is of particular use when many similar documents are to be signed in a very short time. The server based solution allows for an integration with existing ERP, accounting and e-mail systems and meets the strict requirements of public authorities. Characteristic fields of application are formular based workflows and especially electronic billing processes, making vast reduction of cost and time possible.

Why PDF signatures?
The Portabe Document Format (PDF) is perfectly suited for using digital signatures for legally binding transactions. The reliable display of what is to be signed (What You See is What You Sign) and the suitability as archival format are some of the most striking characteristics of PDF, aside from its large user base.
When using PDF signatures (for example for PDF invoices) you can save time and costs without large reorganizations: away from the usual paper.


What can PDF-Gate Signer do?

The server based signature solution PDF-Gate Signer generates electronic signatures using digital certificates, issued by a public key infrastructure (PKI). Any number of signatures can be embedded within PDF documents. The user can create either visible or hidden PDF signatures and can limit allowed signature operations. All signature operations can be traced backwards due to the protocol used by PDF-Gate Signer. Besides, the recipient can verify all visible and hidden signatures within the document with the freely available and popular Adobe® Reader® version 6 and newer. The software supports smart cards as well as soft keys.

How to integrate PDF-Gate Signer?
The PDF-Gate Signer is integrated with existing ERP, accounting and e-mail systems by watched folders or command line. The Signer supports common standards, as:

  • ITU-T X.509 v3

  • PKCS#7

  • RFC 2315

  • PKCS#11

  • PKCS#12

  • PDF ab v1.3

PDF-Gate Signer runs on:

  • Microsoft® Windows® Server 2000 with Java 5

  • Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003 with Java 5

Improvements in version 1.1
With the latest version of PDF-Gate Signer the whole certificate chain is imbedded thus enabling the recipient to view additionale information about the certificate issuer in Adobe Reader.
Additionally, other signature cards are supported, for example Multicard 2.0 from D-Trust or the qualified signature cards from TC Trustcenter.
Furthermore, in version 1.1 the performance of the software was significantly enhanced.

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Additional information and demo:
If you need additional information or are interested in a demo of the software, please contact:

Secardeo GmbH
Esther Senn
Betastr. 9a
85774 Unterföhring, DE

Tel. +49 - 89 - 189 35 89 -0
info@secardeo.com

 

Note:
This product includes software developed by the Open SSL Project for use in the Open SSL Toolkit (http://www.openssl.org/).
This product includes cryptographic software written by Eric Young (eay@cryptosoft.com).