Data Security within Adobe ExportPDF

When using ExportPDF where my documents contain personal/confidential information how can I be absolutely confident that this data is secure.

Personally, I wouldn't use any web based system with confidential stuff. I'd use local software like Adobe Acrobat.

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Adobe ExportPDF security

Do the files that I export get stored in the cloud? What the security on Adobe Export?

Good day,
Adobe does not store copies of your documents on our servers or in the cloud with the ExportPDF service. As soon as a file conversion is complete, the PDF file is purged. As soon as the converted document is downloaded, it too is purged from our server. If you convert a document, but do not download the conversion and log out of the tool, you will have to convert the document again as all documents are only stored within the session.
You can read about our security measures here: http://www.adobe.com/acom/systemreqs/
Please let us know if you have any questions.
Kind regards,
David

Database Data Security: both from within (using MIMEbase64 encoding) and from without (using encryption).

In my MDB file databases (Jet 4.x format) I turn on both compression and encryption. This gives me data security from without, meaning, I can't open a MDB file in a Word Processing software (or otherwise) and read the data in a humanly recognized
format.   But I am also using MIMEbase64 encoding of my stored data so that the data is humanly unreadable from within - meaning that anyone performing an SQL query will not be able to humanly read the data in my database. I do the decoding
(from MIMEbase64) within my end-user software interfaces to the databases.
I found out just recently (last few months) that I can do this from Win32 Perl, so I encorporated this feature into my Perl database applications.   Only thing is that MIMEbase64 increases the size of the data stored.
Is there a better encoding strategy available today which might actually compress the data a little?

INSTRUCTIONS FOR SECURE/CUSTOM (non-formula based) TEXTFILE ENCODING (should be undecipherable w/o mappings file):
by Eric C. Hansen. You may freely use these encoding instructions, and the code I have provided, but please
acknowledge me as the author where credit is due - such as in a publication. And do not try to sell it.
However, any code I have provided you may freely use in any programs you write to be sold for your own profit,
except you may not attempt to sell this encoding scheme (or my code provided), as a generic encoding tool, for
general use, to be marketed as a turn-key custom encoding solution.
(1) Create a unique code list
Using the characters: A-Z a-z 0-9 only. That's 62 characters only.
62 (1 char codes) + 3844 (2 char codes) + 238,328 (3 char codes) = 242,234 total codes
62x1 + 62x62 + 62x62x62
REMINDS ME of my college Genetics course i.e. dominant/recessive trait inheritance tables
EXAMPLE CODES: a, k, 3c, A4, xy1, H8j
(2) Create a unique word(+punc) list from your textfile which is to be encoded. You know how to do this.
Example of 9 words(+punc) found between whitespace within a textfile input line:
"Hello", this is Mr. Bell-va-deer. My number is 999-342-8998.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
PERL code for STEPS 3-7 is provided below. Code for STEP 1 above was previously provided.
You should have little trouble writing the textfile encode/decode logic yourself.
(3) Read your list of unique codes into an array.
(4) Read your list of unique words(+punc) into another array.
LOOP #-- 0 to number of elements in words array
(5) select a random code and a random word(+punc) from the 2 arrays.
(6) now remove that code and that word(+punc) from each array using "splice".
(7) then save them as key/val pairs to persistent Perl SDBM database files ("mappings").
END LOOP
(8) Once you have your persistent, random code/word mappings, you can convert your textfile
to an encoded textfile. Read in one line at a time from your textfile (chomp), parse the words(+punc.)
between whitespace within that line, then for each word(+punc) parsed, perform
the word-to-code mapping conversions by doing a lookup within the Perl SDBM database
file of key/val pairs, where KEY=word and VAL=code. You will then need to
concatenate these codes (space delimited) to your outputline, in the same order as found in your
inputline, finally writing the outputline (newline "\n" terminated) to your new encoded textfile.
(9) Keep your persistent Perl SDBM database file ("mappings") in SAFE KEEPING, with a naming
convention of your choice that perhaps hides any relationship to the name of
your encoded text document - which it specifically pertains to. But keep a record of that joint
relationship somewhere. Keep a copy of both the original textfile and the encoded textfile,
or perhaps you'd like to keep just the encoded textfile?, and not the original? You can always decode it.
(10) Send your encoded text document via email as an attachment, to the recipient of your choice.
(11) Upload your persistent Perl SDBM database "mappings" file to your secure login FTP download site.
NOTE: If your encoded text document is very large, you may want to reverse 10 & 11, putting the encoded file
on the FTP site, and sending the Perl SDBM database file ("mappings") as the email attachment.
(12) Call your recipient to see if they have received the encoded textfile, email attachment.
Let them know that the "mappings" file is uploaded for them to download from the FTP site.
You can have a LINGO you both use/know on the phone, to secretly convey this message, if you like,
to avoid possible interception of this sensitive information.
Recipient will then take the encoded textfile email attachment, the FTP downloaded "mappings" file,
and place them both in a directory on their PC where the Perl decoding program is located which you
had previously sent them to handle all the decoding anytime you send them an encoded textfile + "mappings".
Recipient will run the Perl decoding utility program to create the original textfile.
use Win32; #-- as you can see, I use a Windows O/S Perl distribution.
use IO::Handle;
use SDBM_File; #-- my understanding is this module comes standard with every Perl distribution
use Fcntl;
$PWD=Win32::GetCwd(); #-- get current working directory on Windows O/S platform.
srand; #-- random seeding initiated, do this just once at top.
@codesARR=(); @wordsARR=(); #-- initialize the arrays
print "working. please wait...\n\n";
unlink( "$PWD\\Project_0836_Mappings_CtoW.pag" )
if (-e "$PWD\\Project_0836_Mappings_CtoW.pag" );
unlink( "$PWD\\Project_0836_Mappings_CtoW.dir" )
if (-e "$PWD\\Project_0836_Mappings_CtoW.dir" );
unlink( "$PWD\\Project_0836_Mappings_WtoC.pag" )
if (-e "$PWD\\Project_0836_Mappings_WtoC.pag" );
unlink( "$PWD\\Project_0836_Mappings_WtoC.dir" )
if (-e "$PWD\\Project_0836_Mappings_WtoC.dir" );
unlink( "$PWD\\Project_0836_Mappings.txt" )
if (-e "$PWD\\Project_0836_Mappings.txt" );
$cnt1=0; $ret="Y";
open(CODES,"$PWD\\codes.txt") || do {$ret="N";};
if ($ret eq "N") {
print "Codes input file not opened \n";
sleep 5; die;
while (<CODES>) {
chomp $_;
$codesARR[$cnt1]=$_;
$cnt1++;
print $cnt1 . " codes loaded\n\n";
close(CODES);
$cnt2=0; $ret="Y";
open(WORDS,"$PWD\\words.txt") || do {$ret="N";};
if ($ret eq "N") {
print "Words input file not opened \n";
sleep 5; die;
while (<WORDS>) {
chomp $_;
$wordsARR[$cnt2]=$_;
$cnt2++;
print $cnt2 . " words loaded\n\n";
close(WORDS);
sleep 3; #-- a little time to check on record counts loaded to both arrays
tie( %Project_0836_Mappings_WtoC, "SDBM_File", '.\Project_0836_Mappings_WtoC', O_RDWR|O_CREAT, 0666 );
if (tied %Project_0836_Mappings_WtoC) {
print "WtoC Hash/SDBM File are now tied\n\n";
} else {
print "Could not tie WtoC Hash/SDBM File\n\n"; sleep 5; die;
tie( %Project_0836_Mappings_CtoW, "SDBM_File", '.\Project_0836_Mappings_CtoW', O_RDWR|O_CREAT, 0666 );
if (tied %Project_0836_Mappings_CtoW) {
print "CtoW Hash/SDBM File are now tied\n\n";
} else {
untie(%Project_0836_Mappings_WtoC); #-- close the successful tie made directly above
print "Could not tie CtoW Hash/SDBM File\n\n"; sleep 5; die;
open (OUT,"> $PWD\\Project_0836_Mappings.txt");
OUT->autoflush(1);
$cnt2=$#wordsARR; #-- we do this because we will be removing elements from wordsARR
for ($i=0; $i<=$cnt2; $i++) {
$index = rand @codesARR; # get a random index from the codes array
$code = $codesARR[$index]; # get the value of that array element
splice(@codesARR,$index,1); # removes only this element from the codes array.
$index = rand @wordsARR; # get a random index from the words array
$word = $wordsARR[$index]; # get the value of that array element
splice(@wordsARR,$index,1); # removes only this element from the words array.
$Project_0836_Mappings_WtoC{$word}=$code; # key/value pair where: word is key, code is value
$Project_0836_Mappings_CtoW{$code}=$word; # key/value pair where: code is key, word is value
print "Your Mappings have been created and saved to (.dir and .pag extension files)\n\n";
print OUT "Here are your Mappings you just created:\n\n";
foreach $key (keys %Project_0836_Mappings_WtoC) {
print OUT "word=" . $key . " code=" . $Project_0836_Mappings_WtoC{$key} . "\n";
print OUT "##################################################\n";
foreach $key (keys %Project_0836_Mappings_CtoW) {
print OUT "code=" . $key . " word=" . $Project_0836_Mappings_CtoW{$key} . "\n";
untie(%Project_0836_Mappings_WtoC); #-- now you have saved a persistent word/code mappings file
untie(%Project_0836_Mappings_CtoW); #-- now you have saved a persistent code/word mappings file
close(OUT);
print "Done. Goodbye!\n";
sleep 5;
exit;

Data Security Questions

How secure is this service? Is the converted information stored any other place than the destination of which it is saved? Does Adobe store any of the information that is converted to a Word doc or Excel workbook?

ExportPDF is very secure. Adobe does not store copies of your documents on our servers or in the cloud with the ExportPDF service. As soon as a file conversion is complete, the PDF file is purged. As soon as the converted document is downloaded, it too is purged from our server. If you convert a document, but do not download the conversion and log out of the tool, you will have to convert the document again as all documents are only stored within the session.
You can read about our security measures here: http://www.adobe.com/acom/systemreqs/
Please let us know if you have any questions.
David

"file failed to be converted using Adobe ExportPDF online"

I have been getting errors for about a week when trying to convert a PDF to a word document. In Acrobat I get the error "File failed to be converted using Adobe ExportPDF Online" and when online using ExportPDF I get a conversion failure.
Please help.

Hi PeterChick,
Does it occur with all files or a specific file?
Are you trying to convert from within Reader or from Browser?
If from Reader then make sure you are signed in within Reader, also try updating Reader to the latest v11.0.09 and check.
If from Browser then have you checked with a different browser if possible?
Regards,
Florence

I am trying to fill in a form in adobe exportpdf. How can I fill in numbers and symbols? Parenthesis, dollar sign etc.

I am trying to fill in a form in adobe exportpdf. How can I fill in numbers and symbols? Parenthesis, dollar sign etc.

Hi;
Can you provide a little more detail, maybe a screenshot? ExportPDF only converts PDFs to other file types, what exactly are you using to try to fill out the form? The two Adobe form filling tools I would recommend would be:
1) Adobe Reader - a free download you can install on your computer and can be used to fill out most any form. For numbers, symbols etc it can depend on the field you are entering data into, some fields have restrictions, but you would use those keys on your keyboard, if nothing is entered then that field probably has restrictions.
2) Adobe Fill & Sign: https://cloud.acrobat.com/fillsign - using the Fill & Sign tab on the acrobat.com website you can fill out most PDFs. To enter numbers, symbols, etc you would simply add them using your keyboard.
Thanks,
Josh

Difficulty converting file keeps coming up with "file failed to be converted using Adobe ExportPDF online

Can't convert file keeps coming up with message "file failed to be converted using Adobe ExportPDF online.

Hi Dude291,
I'm sorry that you're having trouble with ExportPDF. Can you please tell me a bit more about what's going on, so we can get to the bottom of the issue?
What browser are you using? Have you tried clearing the browser cache?
Are you converting from within Reader, or directly via the ExportPDF website?
Are you able to convert other files? Or is the error specific to this one file?
How large or complex is the file that you're trying to convert?
Are you accessing ExportPDF from a networked computer that may have firewall/proxy settings that are limiting access to the Internet?
I think that's good for starters. Please get back to us with some detail about the problem and we will see what we can do.
Best,
Sara

Having trouble using ExportPDf message file failed to be converted using Adobe ExportPDF online

need help
file failed to be converted using Adobe ExportPDF online

Hi PeterChick,
Does it occur with all files or a specific file?
Are you trying to convert from within Reader or from Browser?
If from Reader then make sure you are signed in within Reader, also try updating Reader to the latest v11.0.09 and check.
If from Browser then have you checked with a different browser if possible?
Regards,
Florence

Link to summary report with filtered data set within FormsCentral

Is it possible to generate a link to a summary report with a filtered data set within FormsCentral?
If I have 4 sales agents each using the form to submit their repsective sales (with a dropdown indicating the sales agent) is it possible to filter the data so that only Sales Agent A see a report of their sales?
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D

Try following forum:
http://forums.adobe.com/community/formscentral?view=discussions

Adobe ExportPDF online

Hi,
Is there a free trial version of Adobe ExportPDF?

No, there is no longer a trial of ExportPDF available.
If you subscribe to the service and are unhappy for any reason, you may request a full refund within the first 30 days.
-David

Adobe ExportPDF convert problem

I have a problem with converting PDF to word. I have subscribed and paid for One year,and is should work well. When I go to my adobePDF file and click on convert to WORD,then convert button is not active. I'm sign in and still not working. It says to subscribed but I am already. When i click subscribe,it takes me to adobe ExportPDF page,then i need to log again (even if before i did and click remember me),Than converting opens and it seems like it does working,but when i want to SAVE it-it doesn't work,It doesn't save anywhere. I've tried to contact support line but the phone numbers don't work! Please could anyone HELP ME!!!
Thank you,Mary

MaryS,
I'm sorry for the issues that you're having. I see that there is an ExportPDF subscription associated with the same Adobe ID that you used to post to this forum <<[email protected]>>. It sounds like you're trying to use ExportPDF from within Adobe Reader, using the right-side Tools Pane. It also sounds like you're trying to log into ExportPDF directly from <<https://www.acrobat.com/exportpdf>> and that's not working either. Is that correct?
If you log into the website and choose "Select PDF file..." (which uploads PDF), you should then see a Save button. Clicking Save will show you a Save As... dialog which allows you to choose where on your local computer the file will be saved. Is this process not working for you? Can you let me know where exactly this process is breaking for you? I can then diagnosis further.
Dave

Microsoft Securiity Bulletin MS15-021 reports vulnerability within Adobe font driver

Forum readers:
Are you aware that Microsoft has released a Security Bulletin MS15-021 in which it claims that vulnerabilities within Adobe font driver could allow an attacker to gain control of another’s personal computer?
Ryan R.

I think the term "Adobe font driver" is potentially confusing. But just as an "HP printer driver" is a driver for an HP printer, no matter who writes it, an "Adobe font driver" is a driver FOR Adobe fonts (which is to say fonts in the Adobe PFB format, properly called PostScript type 1 fonts).
This driver was originally written by Adobe, but it became part of Windows much more than 10 years ago and it's fully Microsoft's responsibility. And, indeed, they have fixed it.

HTML Dataset - how to filter based on data values within columns

I have had success with using the XML dataset and filtering based on user input (see javascript example below)
<script type="text/javascript">
var ds2 = new Spry.Data.XMLDataSet("disciplinary_actions3.xml", "doh/disciplinary_actions2[type='<? echo($type) ?>'][name>='<? echo($name) ?>']");
ds2.setColumnType("date-of-sanction", "date");
</script>
The XML dataset filters the results based on the type and name values within the XML dataset columns.
I need to accomplish this type of filtering with an HTML table. All that I have been able to accomplish with the use of the in the rowselector (see example below)
<script type="text/javascript">

</script>
How can I filter the HTML dataset based on the data VALUES within the table columns and NOT the class or id or span or div,,,etc?
Although my advanced dataselector within Dreamweaver CS4 has a column selector... I can't under or get it to work.
Any assistance or direction is greatly appreciated.

Hi Ron,
According to your description, you want to pass the Terminal number that user logon to where clause without needing to create a userid table, right?
As per my understanding, you need to add an additional table to store the user and corresponding terminal, so that you can filter the data to show the rows based on the user and corresponding terminal. Here are some blogs which describe dynamic security
on tabular model, please see:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/himanshu1/archive/2013/03/02/implementing-dynamic-security-in-tabular-models.aspx
http://www.bidn.com/blogs/ChrisSchmidt/ssas/4332/dynamic-security-in-tabular
If this is not what you want, there is no other approach to pass the Terminal number that user logon to where clause without needing to create a userid table. Thank you for your understanding.
Regards,
Charlie Liao
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Is adobe exportPDF encrypted?

Since there is no help support that I can find with adobe Reader and adobe exportpdf I have to ask here. Seems like a huge waste of time. So I have a file that must be encrypted to leave my company. I want to convert this PDF to a word document on ExportPDF. Are my files encrypted when I sent them to adobe?

Hi BillHuffIV,
To answer your second question, you would need Acrobat to convert files locally. (When you convert files via ExportPDF or CreatePDF, they are uploaded to Adobe's servers.) To answer your and windenver's question about security, you can find that information here: Security for Acrobat.com online services | Adobe
I hope that answers your questions. Please let us know if you need additional help.
Best,
Sara

Just purchased Adobe ExportPDF. The formatting in all of the conversions is completely changed. ???

The documents I have converted have completely different formatting. If I have to mess around reformatting everything, I'd rather create the documents from scratch myself. I'm using Office 2003 and have the MicroSoft compatibility software downloaded. Any ideas???

Try unchecking the 'Recognize scanned text in' box within the ExportPDF web-interface, then convert your document. If you're using Adobe Reader, click the 'Change' link under the text that says 'Recognize text in English'
-David

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