Enhanced Security in Acrobat 9 and Reader 9
Sanjoy Ghosh describes the new Enhanced Security model in Acrobat 9
With the addition of interactive form features, multimedia, and scripting, PDFs can now download and send data over the Internet, which can create a potential security risk for both user privacy and document integrity. To address those security issues, Adobe® Acrobat® 9 and Adobe Reader® 9 feature an Enhanced Security mode designed to minimize those risks by providing control over cross-domain data access and how FDF files are handled. Because the Enhanced Security restrictions may affect some legacy PDF workflows, Acrobat 9 also provides ways to increase privileges for documents and servers that can be fully trusted.
The enhanced security in Acrobat 9 leverages an existing model already in use by Adobe Flash. By providing controls for who may receive data from whom, Adobe Flash can power rich Internet applications that are safe and extremely flexible. Many Flash developers, such as YouTube, use this model. If your company uses Flash for web applications, there are probably people in your organization who understand how this security model works and it should require only incremental effort to migrate your PDF-based applications to this method.
Sanjoy Ghosh
What this means to you
The Enhanced Security features are turned off by default in Acrobat 9 and Reader 9. The new Customization Wizard 9 will allow you to deploy Acrobat or Reader with Enhanced Security turned on. To find out how, click on the "Deploying Acrobat and Reader" link in the "Online Events" column to the left. Over the next few weeks we'll be finalizing the white papers for Acrobat 9 and I'll be able to share more details on exactly what the Enhanced Security can do for you.
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I had used Adobe Acrobat 6 Professional, then Adobe Acrobat 7 Professional and currently I'm using version 8, that is, Acrobat Adobe 8 Professional. To me Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional marks the apogee of your stuff. I don't know what else you want to add. I just love the version 8 and I don't think I will exchange for anything less. I will stick with it for a very, very long time. by the way, kudos!
Posted by: Joseph ATO-BJNEY | June 10, 2008 1:50 PM
First - Thanks for the kind words about Acrobat 8.
Second - If you thought Acrobat 8 was the apogee, prepare for Acrobat 9 to blow your mind. Acrobat 9 redefines what is possible with PDF files and dramatically improves on existing functionality. You'll see exactly what I mean over the next few weeks as I post more about the great new features.
Posted by: Joel Geraci | June 11, 2008 4:05 PM