On 2012-03-17, at 9:18 AM, Gerriet M. Denkmann wrote: > But I want to codesign my OS X apps. > So how do I get the necessary certificate?
You need to buy it from a certificate authority, like Thawte or Verisign (or one of the myriad resellers) and they will all be happy to sell you one at prices that range from around $80 to around $500/yr. Alternatively, you can get a certificate from Apple as part of the OS X Developer Program, which will cost you the extra $100/yr but also includes beta access to OS X system software. If you have control over the environment on which you deploy your software, you can also create a self-signed certificate and, essentially, be your own authority by adding yourself as a valid root CA on all the machines on which you software will run. If you don't, you can use a self-signed certificate to ensure the integrity of your code, but not your identity. Apple has a bunch of good resources on this topic[1], which are worth a read if you want more info. HTH, —Mt. [1]: https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Security/Conceptual/CodeSigningGuide/Introduction/Introduction.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40005929-CH1-SW1 _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list ([email protected]) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]
