Re: Code Signing
Re: Code Signing
- Subject: Re: Code Signing
- From: "John C. Welch" <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 10:38:05 -0500
- Thread-topic: Code Signing
On 12/11/08 9:38 AM, "Luther Fuller" <email@hidden> wrote:
>> Security, both for Apple and users is becoming a major bother. I
>> really hope someone can see a way to make code signing easy and
>> cheap so we don't have to ok every little tidbit downloaded from the
>> internet.
>
> There's a recent article in MacTech magazine
> "Code Signing - Get Used to It!", page 36, November 2008
> which contains the following ominous line: "Certificate Authorities
> charge a few hundred dollars per year for code signing certificates."
>
> Suppose I write a small application that's useful, but not something
> I'm going to distribute as shareware. So ... it becomes freeware. But
> only if I can certificate it without cost.
>
> Are there alternatives to a purchased certificate? Or does freeware die?
If you want it signed, you sort of really want to do it via someone who has
a well-known chain of trust. However, I've not seen a *requirement* that you
use a well-known cert provider.
However, if you know you're going to release various utilities on a regular
basis, it's probably a decent investment.
--
"Cluster bombing from B-52s is very, very accurate. The bombs are guaranteed
to always hit the ground."
USAF Ammo Troop.
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