Digitally Sign PDF Documents in .NET

digitally-sign-PDF-timestamp-server.cs

// Load PDF document
using (Document pdfDocument = new Document("Document.pdf"))
{
	using (PdfFileSignature signature = new PdfFileSignature(pdfDocument))
	{
		PKCS7 pkcs = new PKCS7("certificate.pfx", "WebSales"); // Use PKCS7/PKCS7Detached objects
		TimestampSettings timestampSettings = new TimestampSettings("https:\\your_timestamp_settings", "user:password"); // User/Password can be omitted
		pkcs.TimestampSettings = timestampSettings;
		System.Drawing.Rectangle rect = new System.Drawing.Rectangle(100, 100, 200, 100);
		// Create any of the three signature types
		signature.Sign(1, "Signature Reason", "Contact", "Location", true, rect, pkcs);
		// Save output PDF file
		signature.Save("Output.pdf");
	}
}

digitally-sign-PDF.cs

// Load PDF document
using (Document pdfDocument = new Document("Document.pdf"))
{
	using (PdfFileSignature signature = new PdfFileSignature(pdfDocument))
	{
		PKCS7 pkcs = new PKCS7("certificate.pfx", "1234567890"); // Use PKCS7/PKCS7Detached objects
		DocMDPSignature docMdpSignature = new DocMDPSignature(pkcs, DocMDPAccessPermissions.FillingInForms);
		System.Drawing.Rectangle rect = new System.Drawing.Rectangle(100, 100, 200, 100);
		// Set signature appearance
		signature.SignatureAppearance = @"aspose-logo.png";
		// Create any of the three signature types
		signature.Certify(1, "Signature Reason", "Contact", "Location", true, rect, docMdpSignature);
		// Save digitally signed PDF file
		signature.Save("Digitally Signed PDF.pdf");
	}
}

verify-digital-signature.cs

// Load PDF document
using (Document pdfDocument = new Document("Document.pdf"))
{
	using (PdfFileSignature signature = new PdfFileSignature(pdfDocument))
	{
		IList<string> sigNames = signature.GetSignNames();
		if (sigNames.Count > 0) // Any signatures?
		{
			if (signature.VerifySigned(sigNames[0] as string)) // Verify first one
			{
				if (signature.IsCertified) // Certified?
				{
					if (signature.GetAccessPermissions() == DocMDPAccessPermissions.FillingInForms) // Get access permission
					{
						// Do something
					}
				}
			}
		}
	}
}