I can reach out to my company, we are a CA, to see if they'd sponsor a cert? Sounds like folk aren't much interested in that though.
-A On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 1:57 PM, Steve Dower <[email protected]> wrote: > It's easiest if someone "donates" a personal certificate, which then > puts their name on the releases (as is done with TortoiseSVN and > TortoiseHG, for example). However, without a sponsor organisation it's > very hard to get hold of a "trustworthy" certificate (which a personal > one is generally not). > > Certainly it's not worth it right now, but it may be for the final 2.7 > release, since that will presumably be around for a bit. Are there any > companies out there that check open-source projects for spyware/etc. > and sign them with their own certificate? (Is this a potential > business... hmm...) > > On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 07:49, Jimmy Schementi <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I'd vote for it not being worth it right now, unless someone wants to > donate > > the money, and even then it makes things more complex. > > ~Jimmy > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 3:39 PM, Dave Wald <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> It would be better for acceptance and evangelistic purposes, in my shop > >> anyway, (but that's another story...) > >> Hell, I might even chip in a few bucks if need be. > >> > >> But I really don't care. I trust you guys... ;-) > >> > >> > >> On 2/23/2011 10:58 AM, Jeff Hardy wrote: > >>> > >>> Older releases of IronPython were authenticode signed (by Microsoft), > >>> but so far the community releases have not been. As best I can tell, > >>> authenticode certificates are expensive (the cheapest are around > >>> $100/year) - I've heard of deals for open source projects but can't > >>> find anything by searching. > >>> > >>> Is it even worth the hassle to get an authenticode cert for releases? > >>> It adds a bit of extra polish to the installation, but I doubt many > >>> people pay attention to that anyway. > >>> > >>> - Jeff > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Users mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> http://lists.ironpython.com/listinfo.cgi/users-ironpython.com > >>> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Users mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://lists.ironpython.com/listinfo.cgi/users-ironpython.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Users mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.ironpython.com/listinfo.cgi/users-ironpython.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ironpython.com/listinfo.cgi/users-ironpython.com > -- "Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; Or close the wall up with our English dead. In peace there's nothing so becomes a man As modest stillness and humility: But when the blast of war blows in our ears, Then imitate the action of the tiger;" *Henry V, Act III*, 1598
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