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LiveCycle Rights Management Server Security
Adobe LiveCycle Rights Management Server (ALCRMS) security is only available to users with access to an
Adobe LiveCycle Rights Management Server.
Tip:
ALCRMS's server-based security system provides a Web-based user interface for dynamic document
control through the use of policies stored on a server. The policies enable centralized document
management and event auditing. The documents that use those policies can reside anywhere. ALCRMS
policies not only enable reusing security settings, but they also have let the author expire and revoke
documents irrespective of how many copies were created or distributed. You can also maintain
accountability and audit who opens protected documents.
ALCRMS can be configured to run with LDAP, ADS, and other enterprise systems so that user lists can be
leveraged from an organization's existing information.
Using server-based security policies includes the following steps:
1. Application configuration: A system administrator configures the machine or the end user can do it
manually. Server settings can also be sent via an .acrobatsecurity or an FDF file thereby enabling the
end user to automatically import the requisite settings from a secure file. The administrator manages
accounts, sets up organizational policies, and maintains the server.
2. Policy configuration: Reviewing the list of preconfigured organizational policies or creating a new
user policy.
3. Apply the policy and publish the document: You apply a policy to the document with Acrobat's
Policy Manager which can be accessed via the security main menu or through the Document
Properties dialog. The policy server generates a license and an encryption key. Acrobat embeds the
license in the document and encrypts it using the encryption key. You distribute the document or tell
others where to find it.
4. Viewing a document that has a policy applied: When users try to open the document, they must
authenticate their identities. The document is decrypted and opens with whatever permissions are
specified in the policy.
5. Auditing events and modifying access: You audit document and usage history by logging in to the
ALCRMS. You can modify access rights and user policies.
7.1 Configuring Servers
In most cases if you have access to an ALRM server then you're administrator will set up the server for you.
There are three ways to set up an ALRM server:
"Importing ALCRMS Settings from an FDF file" on page 91
This document provides a cursory overview of the ALCRMS features. For information on
configuring your application to use an Adobe LiveCycle Rights Management Server, log in
to the server and use the help system.
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