1 Scope
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).
NOTE
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 ...