Electronic signature options

When setting up a new electronic signature do I choose:
New PKCS#12 digital ID file (which sounds really confusing)
or
Windows certificate store
What is the difference & what is an easy way to explain this to people who will be signing it why they are choosing a particular option?
And how safe & secure is this electronic signature with adobe? Is there any information from adobe stating its security gurantee?

Hi Johnny,
This can get complicate, not because it is that hard, but because there are a lot of little pieces when it comes to grasping digital signatures. With that in mind, please don't hesitate to tell me if what I write isn't clear.
First, a bit of what is a digital ID (the thing you use to create a digital signature)? It consists of three pieces; 1) a public key, 2) the corresponding private key, and 3) certificate data such as your name and the validity period. When you create a digital ID it has to be protected because it contains your private key. How it's protected depends on where you store the digital ID.
This brings us to your initial question. When you create a digital ID Acrobat has to know where you want to store it. The Windows Certificate Store (and "store" in this case means a storage location, not a place you buy something from) is managed by the Windows operating system and the concept is the private key is protected by your Windows logon password. Windows does allow you to set a security level where you may be prompted by Windows for password every time you want to access the private key, or you could just go with if I've logged in that's good enough.
The other place that Acrobat will allow you to save the digital ID is in a file. Like any other file, it's just a piece of data that gets saved to your hard drive (or some network drive) and it has a file extension (in this case .PFX). The big difference between a .PFX file and say a .TXT file is the .PFX file has to be password protected (again, because it contains your private key and you don't want anybody else having access to that). Thus, as part of the file creation process Acrobat will ask you what password you want to use. The crux of the matter is the .PFX file is itself being encrypted using password security.
As an aside, there are other places that Acrobat can access (read) a digital ID, but these are the only two place that it can save (write) a digital ID. The digital ID could reside in the Mac Keychain (its the Macintosh equvilent of the Windows Certificate Store), or on a smart card or USB token or even a specialized server, all of which Acrobat can access.
Finally, you asked about where to get more info. A good place to stat is http://www.adobe.com/security/digsig.html where you can start to read up on the benefits of digital signatures.
Steve

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I am Haroon Mahmood. I am new to this forum. I want to know, how to create and add the electronic signature in Adobe Acrobat. I want to manage my signature documents for online work purpose.So that, if I need to sign a form, I can easily add my electronic signature to any PDF. So I never need to print my electronic signature to sign a form.
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Hi Haroon ,
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Select any of them as per you requirement.
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How do I sign a document in Adobe Reader w/electronic signature?

I'm trying to sign a tax form, its unclear from the Reader doc how to create a signature for use on the document.

Hi Matt,
Starting with the form you want to sign opened in Reader, select the Fill & Sign tool on the right side of the toolbar. This will open the right hand Fill & Sign panel. Next, open (expand) the Fill & Sign Tools pane.
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The Place Signature tool is disabled (grayed out). This would be because the security setting on the file do not allow for changes.
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Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2013 17:29:16 -0700
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To: [email protected]
Subject: How to enter 2nd Electronic Signature?
    Re: How to enter 2nd Electronic Signature?
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I suspect you're dealing with a dynamic XFA form and attempting to place an additional signature, as opposed to signing a preexisting digital signature field. It should work if the form has as many digital signature fields as will be needed. It won't otherwise. Note that if the form is a dynamic XFA but it doesn't need to be (e.g., because you're not adding or autoexpanding fields at run-time), then you might be able to create it as a static XFA form and then users will be able to place as many signatures as is needed.
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