How to use an EV Code Signing Certificate on a virtual machine to sign an MSI

The crypto provider being shipped with the SafeNet client is accessing the USB-Token using the SmardCardAPI (winscard.dll). Because SmartCards are also used for authentication/login purposes, the RDP stack will always redirect any access to the RDP client computer. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/identity-protection/smart-cards/smart-card-and-remote-desktop-services For scenarios like code signing this behavior can be quite cumbersome. We are using a dedicated … Read more

Why’s My Root Certificate Not Trusted?

On your verify command add in the /pa option to tell it to use the Default Authentication Verification Policy instead of the Windows Driver Verification Policy, meaning it will look at your certificate stores instead of the limited set of CAs Microsoft trusts with drivers. Look here for more options: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8s9b9yaz(v=vs.90).aspx

Code signing (Microsoft Authenticode) [closed]

Comodo is a good starting point to find the cheapest code signing certificate, but one receive the best price from a reseller. I just now verified the prices from https://author.tucows.com/. They are: Comodo Code Signing Certificate – 1 year: US$75 Comodo Code Signing Certificate – 2 year: US$140 Comodo Code Signing Certificate – 3 year: … Read more

Avoid gpg signing prompt when using Maven release plugin

Just set it up in a profile in settings.xml and activate it by default: <settings> <profiles> <profile> <id>gpg</id> <properties> <gpg.executable>gpg2</gpg.executable> <gpg.passphrase>mypassphrase</gpg.passphrase> </properties> </profile> </profiles> <activeProfiles> <activeProfile>gpg</activeProfile> </activeProfiles> </settings> As you can see you can do that with any property .. e.g. also other usernames and passwords for the jarsigner plugin and so on. This should … Read more

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