Re: How to get Mac codesign certificate?
Re: How to get Mac codesign certificate?
- Subject: Re: How to get Mac codesign certificate?
- From: Jeff Johnson <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2012 11:36:39 -0500
On Mar 17, 2012, at 11:14 AM, Gerriet M. Denkmann wrote:
> The problem: The documentation about SMJobBless says: "The calling application and target executable tool must both be signed."
>
> So it seems that new technologies require code signing. Makes sense. But: where and how do I get a free certificate?
You can use a self-signed certificate, created in Keychain Access, for code signing.
Prior to Mountain Lion, the only advantage of buying a cert from a known authority is for the firewall system preference "Automatically allow signed software to receive incoming connections" (which by the way is a really stupid preference, IMO). The disadvantage of such certs is that they usually expire relatively quickly, in one or two years.
Mountain Lion changes the game a bit. It eliminates a lot of the advantage of 3rd party cert authorities, because only Apple's cert will allow your app to run, so if you're not going to get a cert from Apple (I don't think I can discuss the terms here), you might as well self-sign.
-Jeff
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