And which will guarantee to... erm... *try* not to sell the same certificate to someone else, or to at least notice if they do (provided it has a famous name on it like "microsoft" of course)The publisher first has to obtain a digital certificate from a recognized "certificate authority" or CA (VeriSign (VRSN ) is the largest and best known CA in the U.S.). The publisher receives a private and a public key, each of which is a long number of about 300 digits. These are used to create a digital signature for each program (see BW Online, 8/10/04, "Windows of Vulnerability No More?").
and what is "new" about MS's signed executable support? its been around long enough...
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