I have seen a lot of interest in Germany with the emergence of “eID cards” being distributed to millions of citizens this year. I believe the concept involves an e-ID Server component too. Are you familiar with it and is this the same as the “eID” you refer to here?

If so I have read that eID uses eliptic curve crypto as part of its algorithm for signing and as such Acrobat cannot recognize or validate any signature attempted on a PDF with an eID card? This is third hand info, as here in the US I have never seen or used the actual device.

My question is, were you able to use the same “eID” as is being rolled out in Germany to all of its citizens for RM and have you tried it with document signing?

Gary Gilchrist.