ISO/TS 32003:2023
ISO/TS 32003:2023, Document management - Portable Document Format - Adding support of AES-GCM in PDF 2.0
This document specifies how to extend the specification contained in ISO 32000-2 by adding extensions to the Encrypt dictionary to support the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)-Galois/Counter Mode (GCM) encryption algorithm.
These extensions are intended for developers of:
- software that creates PDF files (PDF writers);
- software that reads existing PDF files and (usually) interprets their contents for display (PDF readers);
- software that reads and displays PDF content and interacts with the computer users to possibly modify and save the PDF file (interactive PDF processors) and PDF products that read and/or write PDF files for a variety of other purposes (PDF processors).
NOTEÂ Â PDF writers and PDF readers are more specialized classifications of interactive PDF processors and all are PDF processors.
This document does not specify the following:
- specific processes for converting paper or electronic documents to the PDF file format;
- specific technical design, user interface implementation, or operational details of rendering;
- specific physical methods of storing these documents such as media and storage conditions;
- methods for validating the conformance of PDF files or PDF processors;
- required computer hardware and/or operating system.
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