Adobe LiveCycle ES4 * 5.7 Enabling FIPS mode (2024)

LiveCycle provides a FIPS mode to restrict data protection toFederal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-2 approved algorithmsusing the RSA BSAFE Crypto-C 2.1 encryption module.

If you did not enable this option by using Configuration Managerduring LiveCycle configuration or if you enable it but want to turnit off, you can change this setting through Administration Console.

Modifying FIPS mode requires you to restart the server.

FIPS mode does not support Acrobat versions earlier than 7.0.If FIPS mode is enabled and the Encrypt With Password and RemovePassword processes include the Acrobat 5 setting, the process fails.

In general, when FIPS is enabled, the Assembler service doesnot apply password encryption to any document. If this is attempted,a FIPSModeException is thrown, indicating that“Password encryption is not permitted in FIPS mode.” Additionally,the PDFsFromBookmarks element is not supportedin FIPS mode when the base document is password-encrypted.

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