Re: Code Signing for Dummies
Re: Code Signing for Dummies
- Subject: Re: Code Signing for Dummies
- From: "Paul Sanders" <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 15:51:42 -0000
>> OK, thank you. Is it possible, would you happen to know, for an
>> application
>> to verify its own signature? I do this on Windows (using WinVerifyTrust)
>> to
>> check that the code has not been tampered with. Can't trust anybody
>> these
>> days :)
> It is possible, but the APIs to code-signing are private. That said, they
> are very easy to work with and the code is open-source
> (libsecurity_codesigning).
> Here is an Apple patent that talks about their code-signing library and
> includes a 6-line sample for doing dynamic validation:
> http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2008/0168553.html
Thanks again. I think that might have taken some finding!
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