Scott, An article would be wonderful and greatly appreciated. Especially if you can show how to get a discount (as I'm sure the price is quite hefty considering VeriSign's typically high prices).
Derek Bump Dreamscape Software ____________________________________________ Compress photos easily with JPEGCompress www.dreamscapesoftware.com Scott Kane wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > > > _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
