Digital Signatures Prevent Document Tampering
For Immediate Release
SecurSign 2.0 Delivers Digital Signatures for PDFs Using Server-based Solution
Lansdowne, PA, July 30, 2002 - A leading provider of PDF-related software
applications today introduced a new server-based software application that
adds unique security and authentication capabilities to Portable Document
Format (PDF) files. SecurSign 2.0 is the first and only server-based
application to allow PDF users to add digital signatures directly to PDFs,
as well as apply standard Adobe(r) security features to these documents at
the 40-bit or 128-bit encryption level. SecurSign 2.0, which is available
for Windows, Linux 7, AIX, Mac OS X, Solaris and HP-UX, was developed by
Appligent, (www.appligent.com), a suburban-Philadelphia software developer
committed to helping organizations more easily use, secure, manipulate and
deliver PDFs.
Over the past decade, PDFs have become the standard of choice for
electronic publishing in a range of security-intensive industries,
including financial services, pharmaceuticals, the legal industry, as well
as the U.S. government. PDFs' cross platform usability, as well as their
consistency make them an ideal format for a range of electronic publishing
activity-everything from submitting Web-based credit card applications to
delivering rigorous clinical trial results to the Food and Drug
Administration.
"Within these environments, security takes on new importance, as validity
and authentication become a paramount concern within organizations that
rely on PDFs to communicate and document a wide range of economic and
financial activity," says Mark Gavin, Appligent founder and chief
technology officer, who has been developing PDF applications since the
format first became available in the early 1990s.
SecurSign 2.0 is compatible with the Adobe(r) Acrobat Digital Signature
Mechanism found in Acrobat(r) 4.0 and 5.0. The software is a server-based
solution that allows for the high-volume, on-demand application of security
and digital signatures to PDF documents-automating the process while
delivering RSA quality security. Documents signed using SecurSign 2.0 can
be verified using Adobe(r) Acrobat(r). SecurSign 2.0 uses the Adobe(r) Raw
Signature Format to create digital signatures using standard X.509 digital
certificates from a commercial certification authority.
Both 40-bit and 128-bit encryption offer user and owner passwords and
restrictions for printing, modifying, and copying text and graphics, as
well as adding or changing notes and form fields. The added security of
128-bit encryption provides the ability to also restrict filling in or
signing form fields, accessibility, document assembly and high-resolution
printing.
About Appligent
Appligent, (www.appligent.com), is the leading provider of server-based
tools for the on-demand customization, manipulation and delivery of
dynamically generated electronic documents. Based in Lansdowne, PA,
Appligent has provided PDF-related software applications to users
throughout the world since 1994. The company's products are used in
various industries, including financial services, government, insurance,
banking, manufacturing, legal and pharmaceutical.
For more information about Appligent, please contact Tim Cifelli at (610)
642-8253 or tim@gregoryfca.com.
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From:
Gregory FCA Communications, Inc.
27 W. Athens Ave.
Ardmore, PA 19003
For:
Appligent
60 South Lansdowne Ave.
Lansdowne, PA 19050
