[Fsf-friends] [Fwd]: Digital Signatures - Acrobat

[Mahesh T. Pai]

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----- Forwarded message from Ken Walker <kgw@lunar.ca> -----

 > Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2004 18:19:32 +0000
 > From: Ken Walker <kgw@lunar.ca>
 > Subject: Digital Signatures - Acrobat
 > To: Debian-Lex <debian-lex@lists.debian.org>
 > User-Agent: KMail/1.6.1
 > 
 > I practice law in British Columbia.  Although I use Linux on our file and 
 > print server, I have not yet changed the several other workstations to Linux.  
 > I like what I see in OpenOffice and have plans to switch the support staff 
 > over to the windows version of that package and then, if that works out, go 
 > to an all Linux network.
 > 
 > Suddenly though, there is a problem.  Our Law Society and the provincial 
 > government have developed a new system for land title registrations 
 > ( http://srmwww.gov.bc.ca/landtitle/EFS_web_site/) and for corporate registry 
 > filings ( http://srmwww.gov.bc.ca/landtitle/EFS_web_site/)
 > 
 > The Land Title system require digital signatures and use pdf format files for 
 > documents submitted.  I am not sure at this point whether the Corporate 
 > Registry requires digital signatures.  The use of Acrobat Standard v6 is 
 > required for Land Titles and it is only available in MSWindows.   See 
 > http://www.juricert.com/j2a/efs.htm.
 > 
 > Generally the various registries do not seem to recommend use of anything but 
 > Windows and Mac software:
 > https://www.bconline.gov.bc.ca/system_req.html
 > 
 > I am wondering whether any others in the  Debian-Lex group have dealt with 
 > these sorts of issues before and in particular whether there is Linux 
 > software capable of editing pdf files and attaching a digital signature the 
 > same way that Acrobat Standard does.  
 > 
 > I suspect that this sort of authentication will be required by various 
 > registries as this sort of interaction with government grows.  It is 
 > something we ought to keep in mind as Debian-Lex is developed
 > -- 
 > Ken Walker
 > http://lunar.ca
 > 
 > 
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