Code Signing Anyone?

[Joe Lewis Wilkins]

Bill, thanks for the clarification; though I can't imagine M$ doing  
ANYTHING without scooping up some lucre from it. Has to be some  
hidden protocol involved.

Joe Wilkins

On May 22, 2007, at 12:23 PM, Bill Marriott wrote:

> 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.
>
>
>
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