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From: Mark Andrews on 23 May 2010 08:31 Quick question: I read all the pages, In your opinion would you go with: - a verisign cert $99/1 year (2 or 3 year are too expensive) or - a comodo cert for a few years I would like to get one for a few years so I don't have to go through this hassle again anytime soon. However not sure I understand all the benefits you might get from using a verisign cert? I only want to deal with the message when installing the software (downloading from website and installing). Thanks again, I might of just bought one that was too expensive, You saved me time and money! Mark PS: FYI: The one article does mention http://www.startssl.com/ which might even have cheaper prices (however I think they require that you have already registered, not sure). $49.95 "Mark Andrews" <mandrews___NOSPAM___(a)rptsoftware.com> wrote in message news:uhguuBn#KHA.1892(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > Tony, > > Thank you for all the useful information! I knew I did the right thing > asking the question here first before I dived in. > > Thanks, > Mark > > "Tony Toews [MVP]" <ttoews(a)telusplanet.net> wrote in message > news:4ekgv558quglr6fn8sd3qgfo45dlq5h5og(a)4ax.com... >> "Tony Toews [MVP]" <ttoews(a)telusplanet.net> wrote: >> >> Also note the following question I posted to Stack Overflow >> >> Code signing didn't complain when I changed an exe file? >> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1801565/code-signing-didnt-complain-when-i-changed-an-exe-file >> >> Tony >> -- >> Tony Toews, Microsoft Access MVP >> Tony's Main MS Access pages - http://www.granite.ab.ca/accsmstr.htm >> Tony's Microsoft Access Blog - http://msmvps.com/blogs/access/ >> For a convenient utility to keep your users FEs and other files >> updated see http://www.autofeupdater.com/ >> Granite Fleet Manager http://www.granitefleet.com/ >
From: Tony Toews [MVP] on 23 May 2010 16:10 "Mark Andrews" <mandrews___NOSPAM___(a)rptsoftware.com> wrote: >Quick question: I read all the pages, In your opinion would you go with: >- a verisign cert $99/1 year (2 or 3 year are too expensive) >or >- a comodo cert for a few years > >I would like to get one for a few years so I don't have to go through this >hassle again anytime soon. >However not sure I understand all the benefits you might get from using a >verisign cert? > >I only want to deal with the message when installing the software >(downloading from website and installing). > >Thanks again, I might of just bought one that was too expensive, >You saved me time and money! >Mark > >PS: FYI: The one article does mention http://www.startssl.com/ which might >even have cheaper prices (however I think they require that you have already >registered, not sure). $49.95 If you want to use the official Microsoft "Works with Windows 7" logo then you'd want the Verisign cert. If not then go with the cheapest. Hmm, StartSLL registration seems to be relatively painless as all it asks for is your name and address. I do know of one MVP associated with them. So if that works it's even better of a deal. Also note that code signing works best if you have a corporation. If you're a sole proprietorship it gets tricker as, I think, some cert issuing orgs won't deal with you. A personal code signing cert might be next to impossible to get. Note that this paragraph may be very wrong in some significant aspects as I'm passing on what I've read. Tony -- Tony Toews, Microsoft Access MVP Tony's Main MS Access pages - http://www.granite.ab.ca/accsmstr.htm Tony's Microsoft Access Blog - http://msmvps.com/blogs/access/ For a convenient utility to keep your users FEs and other files updated see http://www.autofeupdater.com/ Granite Fleet Manager http://www.granitefleet.com/
From: Tony Toews [MVP] on 23 May 2010 16:21 "Mark Andrews" <mandrews___NOSPAM___(a)rptsoftware.com> wrote: >PS: FYI: The one article does mention http://www.startssl.com/ which might >even have cheaper prices (however I think they require that you have already >registered, not sure). $49.95 Actually that's $49.95 for two years. An even better deal. Tony -- Tony Toews, Microsoft Access MVP Tony's Main MS Access pages - http://www.granite.ab.ca/accsmstr.htm Tony's Microsoft Access Blog - http://msmvps.com/blogs/access/ For a convenient utility to keep your users FEs and other files updated see http://www.autofeupdater.com/ Granite Fleet Manager http://www.granitefleet.com/
From: Tony Toews [MVP] on 23 May 2010 16:31 "Tony Toews [MVP]" <ttoews(a)telusplanet.net> wrote: >Ahh, found it. https://winqual.microsoft.com/SignUp/ <giggle> MS sure doesn't like it when you hit that URL with your default FIrefox browser. Tony -- Tony Toews, Microsoft Access MVP Tony's Main MS Access pages - http://www.granite.ab.ca/accsmstr.htm Tony's Microsoft Access Blog - http://msmvps.com/blogs/access/ For a convenient utility to keep your users FEs and other files updated see http://www.autofeupdater.com/ Granite Fleet Manager http://www.granitefleet.com/
From: Tony Toews [MVP] on 23 May 2010 16:35
"Tony Toews [MVP]" <ttoews(a)telusplanet.net> wrote: >Now a Verisign code signing cert might also be quite useful Symantec just bought them out. Enough said. Tony -- Tony Toews, Microsoft Access MVP Tony's Main MS Access pages - http://www.granite.ab.ca/accsmstr.htm Tony's Microsoft Access Blog - http://msmvps.com/blogs/access/ For a convenient utility to keep your users FEs and other files updated see http://www.autofeupdater.com/ Granite Fleet Manager http://www.granitefleet.com/ |