Searching For Digital Id Certificates - Adobe 22002486 User Manual

Acrobat 9 Family of Products
Security Feature User Guide

3.3.3 Searching for Digital ID Certificates

The search feature allows you to search a list of directories for certificates. If no directories have been
previously specified, the Search button will NOT appear. The list of search servers in the Directories
drop-down list is populated through three mechanisms:
The default server settings that ship with Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader.

The Windows Certificate Store if the user has turned on this option.

User-specified directory servers the user has added in the Security Settings Console. For details, see

"Using Directory Servers to Add Trusted Identities" on page
To search for a certificate so that you can add one or more people to your trusted identities list:
1. Choose Advanced (Acrobat) or Document (Reader) > Manage Trusted Identities.
2. Choose Add Contacts.
3. Choose Search.
4. Configure the search options:
Choose Search all directories or select a directory and optional group.

Searching all directories may take some time. In a business environment, it is often expedient to just
select the company's LDAP directory.
Enter a name and/or email address to search. This is an AND search. Using both fields only returns

results that match both criteria.
5. Choose Search.
Tip: Home users do not usually need to change the directory server list. Users in enterprise
environments typically have the list preconfigured by their system administrator.
Figure 25 Digital IDs: Searching for certificates
Managing Certificate Trust and Trusted Identities
Searching for Digital ID Certificates
38.
34