Here is what the Microsoft page to which a link is provided below has to say on this matter :
What is a certification authority? Certification authorities are the organizations that issue certificates. They establish and verify the authenticity of public keys that belong to people or other certification authorities, and they verify the identity of a person or organization that asks for a certificate. How do I get a certificate that is not provided automatically? Contact a certification authority and apply for a certificate. For example, if you want to protect e mail with a digital signature, you need to get a personal certificate. Certification authorities, such as VeriSign or Thawte, provide personal certificates. For more information, see Request or renew a certificate. If I interpret the above aright, there do exist other CAs than Microsoft, The question is whether or no Microsoft recognises certificates issued by these authorities, in particular any that might be issued for OOo.... Henri 2007/4/16, Michael Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Apologies, resent to OP On Sun, 15 Apr 2007 14:58:59 -0700 (PDT) wilbur blackford wrote: > I recently tried to download your free openoffice program and a > security warning popped up stating "This file does not have a valid > digital signature that verifies its publisher. you should only run > software from publishers you trust." Do you have a digital signature. > Microsoft charge for the digital signature verification method. How much would they charge a competing product that is released more frequently than Office? See Microsofts websites here: http://tinyurl.com/35cg8x *** QUOTE *** Even a valid digital signature does not verify that the contents of the file are harmless. You must decide if you should trust the contents of the file based on the identity of the publisher and where you are downloading the file from. *** END QUOTE *** > Also, does this program convert Lotus .123 extension files to excel? > Loads Lotus1-2-3 .wk1 and .wks files. > Thank you, > > W. Blackford > -- Michael Linux: The OS people choose without $200,000,000 of persuasion.
