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Microsoft Authenticode

Software Publisher

Java Code Signing

Usage examples

Signing:
  • ActiveX components and controls
  • .exe, .dll, .ocx, .cab, .msi, .msp
Signing:
  • UNIX/Linux applications
  • VBA macros
  • Adobe AIR
  • Firefox and Netscape Add-ons
  • Apple MacOS X applications
Signing:
  • Java applets
  • internet applications based on JAVA technology
  • .jar, .war, .ear

Financial warranty

10 000 EUR

10 000 EUR

10 000 EUR

Validity Period

1 year

1 year

1 year

Issue time

24h

24h

24h

Certificate can be stored on electronic card

Free Time Stamping

OCSP – Online Certificate Status Protocol

Recommended key length

2048 / 4096 2048 / 4096 2048 / 4096

Hash

SHA-1 SHA-1 SHA-1

Internal and external signature1

Supported formats - examples2

.exe, .dll, .ocx, .cab, .msi, .msp .docm, .xlsm, .pptm, .xpi .jar, .war, .ear

Tools for signature creation - examples

  • SignTool
  • SignCode
  • Visual Studio Express
  • MS Office 2000+
  • ToolSign.sh and openSSL for UNIX/Linux
  • Firefox, Key Manager
  • Jarsigner and Java JDK 1.5+ verifier

Technical Requirements

  • Internet Explorer 5.0+
  • MS Windows 2000, XP, Vista (32bit),Windows 7 (32bit)
  • Internet Browser supporting X.509 v.3 certificates
  • MS Windows 2000, XP, Vista (32bit), Linux/UNIX, Windows 7 (32bit)
  • Internet Browser supporting X.509 v.3 certificates
  • MS Windows 2000, XP, Vista (32bit), Linux/UNIX, Windows 7 (32bit)
  • Java JDK 1.5+

Recognized as trusted in:

Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) 5+, Mozilla Firefox 0.9,+ Opera 9.5+, Google Chrome 1.01+, Apple Safari 4.0, AOL 5+, Netscape Communicator 4.51+, Camino Konqueror (KDE), Apple iPhone, iPod, Safari 3.0, Opera Mini 4.10+, Microsoft Windows Apple MacOS X (10.5.8+), Linux (OpenSSL v0.9.5+), Microsoft Outlook 2003, Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0+, Netscape Communicator 4.51+, Apple Mail, The Bat, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Access, InfoPath), Mozilla Suite v.0.9.9+, SeaMonkey, Microsoft Authenticode & Visual Basic Applications (VBA), Sun Java JRE (1.4.2 Update 16+, 5.0 Update 13+, 6 Update 3+)

1 - it depends on used code signing tool
2 - and other type of files supporting digital signature