Windows app certification

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Cairoo
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Re: Windows app certification

Post by Cairoo » Mon Oct 03, 2022 9:08 pm

Good news: One does not actually need to use a browser to create the certificate request on Windows.
I've recently used the "certreq" command to generate a CSR for my OV code signing certicate from Sectigo.
You can create an ".inf" file in a text editor with the Subject Details that should be included on the CSR, and then run the "certreq" command with certain arguments and it spits out a file containing the CSR that can be submitted to the Certificate Authority.
Sectigo has a knowledge base article detailing the steps: https://support.sectigo.com/IS_Knowledg ... 000000o7hD

jmk_phd
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Re: Windows app certification

Post by jmk_phd » Tue Oct 04, 2022 3:37 am

Thanks Cairoo for the new info, which should be of interest to forum members frustrated by the IE browser restriction.

I'd also alert forum members to Matthias Rebbe's latest (10-03-2022) reply to the LC lesson on signing a Windows app:

https://lessons.livecode.com/m/4071/l/1 ... indows-app

His note includes mention of the freeware app "InstaMaker" that he developed as a front end for Innosetup. Although I'm satisfied with the strategy I'd employed to create Windows .msi and Mac .dmg installers, this might be of interest to others.

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