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From: "Sergio Inacio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <itext-questions@lists.sourceforge.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 2:10 PM
Subject: Re: [iText-questions] Timestamping


> Paulo Soares wrote:
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
> Aiken Sam
> >> Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 8:05 AM
> >> To: itext-questions@lists.sourceforge.net
> >> Subject: Re: [iText-questions] Timestamping
> >>
> >> I've posted an example about timestamping with RFC 3161 TSA.
> >> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.java.lib.itext.general/26813
> >> You must use external signature with custom PKCS7. You can build a
> timestamped PKCS7 CMS using BouncyCastle library.
> >>
> >
> > Now that iText uses the BouncyCastle library it's perhaps time to
> > revisit timestamping. Can you prepare code to incorporate timestamping
> > in the latest iText release?
> >
> >> Paulo, the timestamping example in howtosign.html is too old.
> >> The nCipher DSE200 example is based on obsolete plug-in
> (nCipher.TimeSeal) which is for acrobat Reader 5. Since Adobe supports
> RFC 3161 Timestamping on Acrobat Reader 6, nCipher has withdrawed the
> plugin from their website.
> >>
> >
> > That example was essentially to show how to use external signatures but
> > I'll put a note about its obsolescence.
> >
> > Paulo
>
> Hello
>
> I'm trying to change the portablesigner
>
> (http://portablesigner.sourceforge.net/)
>
> to add timestamping:
>
> So i get the source form portable signer
> get the libs, needed, get the example in howto sign.
>
> Try to compile and never get anyting to work.
>
> There is to problems:
>
> TimeStampResponse tsr = new TimeStampResponse(tsre);
> raise a exception, but if i comment it out there is another problem
>
> there something strange about preclose
>
> this to lines
> sap.preclose(exc);
> sap.close(dic2);
>
> if I preclose, it claims that was already preclosed.
> if I comment out preclose, it claims that is not preclosed.
>
> Whats wrong with the code bellow?

No idea.

> Any help?
>

Maybe ask the portablesigne guys?

> By the way, im not a java programer.
> Its my first contact with java.
>

You chose an easy subject to get started with...

> the timestampclient class was taken from opensignature, and it works i
> can get a timestamp response from the server.
> The the ts server works with the ascertia pdf sign&seal.
>

Timestamping is not supported in iText. It doesn't mean that you or anybody 
else can't do an implementation but we can't support someone else's code.

Paulo


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