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User Guide
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Security policies
A. Policies are stored on server. B. Policies are applied to PDF. C. Users can open, edit, and print document only if permitted by policy.
The process of using server-based security policies involves four main stages:
Configure the policy server The system administrator of your company or group usually configures Adobe
LiveCycle Policy Server, manages accounts, and sets up organizational policies. For more information on configuring
the policy server, see the Adobe website.
Publish a document with a security policy An author creates a PDF and applies a policy stored on Adobe LiveCycle
Policy Server to the PDF. The policy server generates a license and unique encryption key for the PDF. Acrobat
embeds the license in the PDF and encrypts it using the encryption key. The author or administrator can use this
license to track and audit the PDF.
View a document with a policy applied When users try to open the secure PDF in Acrobat 8.0 (or Reader 8.0), they
must authenticate their identities. If the user is granted access to the PDF, the PDF is decrypted and opens with
whatever permissions are specified in the policy.
Administer events and modifying access By logging in to an Adobe LiveCycle Policy Server account, the author or
administrator can track events and change access to policy-secured PDFs. Administrators can view all PDF and
system events, modify configuration settings, and change access to policy-secured PDFs. Users may be required to
check in the PDF periodically to continue to have access to it.
Adobe LiveCycle Policy Server
Adobe LiveCycle Policy Server is a server-based security system that provides dynamic control over PDFs. Adobe
LiveCycle Policy Server can be configured to run with LDAP, ADS, and other enterprise systems. Policies provided
by Adobe LiveCycle Policy Server are stored on the server and can be refreshed from the server. You must connect
to Adobe LiveCycle Policy Server to use these server policies.
While security policies are stored on a policy server, the PDFs aren’t. However, users may be required to connect to
the policy server so that they can open or continue to use PDFs to which a security policy has been applied. For infor­
mation on configuring an Adobe LiveCycle Policy Server, click Help on the Adobe LiveCycle Policy Server website
after you log in to your account.
Connect to an Adobe LiveCycle Policy Server
1 Choose Advanced > Security Settings.
2 Click Adobe LiveCycle Policy Servers on the left.
3 Click the New button .
4 Type a name in the Name box and the URL in the Server Name box. Add the port number and click Connect To
This Server.