Re: How to get Mac codesign certificate?
Re: How to get Mac codesign certificate?
- Subject: Re: How to get Mac codesign certificate?
- From: Marco Tabini <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2012 10:23:45 -0400
On 2012-03-17, at 9:18 AM, Gerriet M. Denkmann wrote:
> But I want to codesign my OS X apps.
> So how do I get the necessary certificate?
You need to buy it from a certificate authority, like Thawte or Verisign (or one of the myriad resellers) and they will all be happy to sell you one at prices that range from around $80 to around $500/yr. Alternatively, you can get a certificate from Apple as part of the OS X Developer Program, which will cost you the extra $100/yr but also includes beta access to OS X system software.
If you have control over the environment on which you deploy your software, you can also create a self-signed certificate and, essentially, be your own authority by adding yourself as a valid root CA on all the machines on which you software will run. If you don't, you can use a self-signed certificate to ensure the integrity of your code, but not your identity.
Apple has a bunch of good resources on this topic[1], which are worth a read if you want more info.
HTH,
—Mt.
[1]: https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Security/Conceptual/CodeSigningGuide/Introduction/Introduction.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40005929-CH1-SW1
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