Sunday, April 27, 2008

Verisign Instructions for digitally signing a CAB file

I will soon update this space with the elaborate process details................

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Please follow these steps on how to sign a file using signcode.exe…

Put the following files in a folder called c:\keys

Signcode.exe
myfile.cab or anyfile.exe (this is the file that you want to sign)
myprivatekey.pvk
// you should have .pvk and .spc files. If you dont please get them from //verisign , its a paid process.
mycredentials.spc
Open up a DOS window by going to Start, Run, Type “cmd.exe”, Press Enter
In the DOS Window enter the following…
Type: c:
Press Enter
Type: cd\ and then Press Enter
Type: cd keys
Press Enter
The prompt should now read.... c:\keys

Type in the following command on one line and press enter...

signcode -spc mycredentials.spc -v myprivatekey.pvk -t http://timestamp.verisign.com/scripts/timstamp.dll myfile.cab

You will then be prompted for the password that Verisign has assigned to you. If the result says, succeeded, then the file has been signed. If there is any error, try to make sure that the file names match the names that you copied to the c:\keys folder on your computer.

Here is the Getting Started guide that walks you through the registration and submission process…
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/getstart/qualify.mspx

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