A signature doesn't just say "this is something I wrote" though. Authenticode *should* be used to ensure that what you have provided to your customers hasn't been modified in any way (malicious or not). Authenticode also assists with code getting around annoying anti-virus behaviour as well.
We sign all of our 3rd party libraries for this reason. Stephen Tunney Nuance Communications, Inc. Solutions Architect, Imaging Division Waterloo, Ontario, Canada stephen.tun...@nuance.com 519-880-7463 Office NUANCE.COM The experience speaks for itself (tm) -----Original Message----- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@firegiant.com] Sent: September-12-14 1:20 PM To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] What should i sign (digitaly)? I don't understand why you'd want to declare something is yours (i.e. put your signature on it) when it isn't. _____________________________________________________________ Short replies here. Complete answers over there: http://www.firegiant.com/ -----Original Message----- From: Ilir Bekteshi [mailto:ilir...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, September 12, 2014 1:09 AM To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] What should i sign (digitaly)? I think i didn't make myself clear, i do know how to sign the files. The question was more like should i sign and timestamp Wix Toolset binaries with my own certificate? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Want excitement? Manually upgrade your production database. When you want reliability, choose Perforce Perforce version control. Predictably reliable. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=157508191&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Want excitement? Manually upgrade your production database. When you want reliability, choose Perforce Perforce version control. Predictably reliable. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=157508191&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
