Code Signing Anyone?

[Bill Marriott]

Interesting theory, except Microsoft doesn't make any money off the process. 
The only cost associated with code signing is paying for the secure 
certificate, and that money goes to Verisign. It's no more of a money-making 
scheme than secure (https://) sites. The certificate simply ensures the 
source of the binary is who it says it is. Without certs, there is nothing 
to prevent you from making a download that says it's from Microsoft but 
actually wreaks havoc with an end-user's system.


"Joe Lewis Wilkins" <pepetoo at cox.net> wrote in message 
news:FA26FF9E-F1C2-4605-9F68-4509CAFDB492 at cox.net...
> Seems like just another one of M$'s ploys to  make money on everything 
> that goes into a Window's computer; but many  times over. Rather astute 
> strategy I should think. Just one more  reason to dislike the Window's 
> platform.