Code Signing Anyone?

[Scott Kane]

This pertains to people using Rev to build Windows Stand Alones.....

In XP SP2 Microsoft started warning you that a download may be unsafe and in 
the dialog box you get when you open the downloaded file you are warned that 
it's probably not a good idea to use software from suppliers who are not 
"Trusted"   If you haven't seen it has a big red icon shield telling you the 
software has no digital signature and tells you it is from an "unknown" 
publisher.  It's quite threatening.  If the file is signed then you get a 
nice yellow shield, some warnings but the companies information is displayed 
(the software company from whom you downloaded the file from) in summary and 
it all looks much safer.  Now - some claim this is just a "Microsoft Tax" as 
they license the signing technology to the likes of Verisign (of whom they 
own a large chunk) and Comodo etc.  However in Vista the messages look even 
nastier and I am pretty sure that this will become even uglier in SP's of 
Vista yet to come.

I sign my executables (installers and program or stand alones) having 
purchased a certificate.  My question is how many people here sign there 
executables?  Would you be interested in an article in the Revolution 
newsletter about code signing (and how to get a hefty discount on your 
certificate....) ?

Scott Kane
"Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start
today and make a new ending." -- Maria Robinson