jeff@zina.com
Except the certs are different, you can't sign code with a SSL cert for the web site.
Thanks, Jeff ... I have suspected this but have yet to locate the pertinent documentation.
Also, if $10 SSL certs are possible, why not $10 code signing certs?
jeff@zina.com
Within a company you set up a certificate server and use that to sign code.
Is there any open source certificate server to do this or must Microsoft Certificate Server be purchased?
jeff@zina.com
$80 a year is pretty cheap when you realize what code signing is.
Jeff, I do realize what code signing is.
I also have personally experienced what it is like to have to use a food bank to feed my family.
So it is relative.
To Bill Gates, $80 may be not that much. To a working poor mother whose husband has left her with several mouths to feed $80 can be the difference between having the bus fare to get to work and losing her job for not showing up. If you get a chance, see Michael Moore's new documentary "Capitalism, a love story".
Low cost entry into technology is empowering. When Borland introduced Turbo Pascal at $50, that was 10% of the cost of most compilers. Suddenly, a whole new generation of developers was given birth.
Now, imo, code signing is absolutely essential. Ideally, GPG could make that possible if Microsoft would support GPG as a code signing alternative. With PGP/GnuPG, web of trust recognition could substitute for the blessing of a Certificate Authority.
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