Code Signing Certificate Solutions

Digital Authentication Services for Signing Code

Code Signing and Digital Signature Identification

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Code signing certificates from DigiCert allow our customers to digitally sign software or applications, especially those that might be downloaded or run online, to verify that the code being run has not been altered or corrupted. Digitally signing code with a digital signature from a trusted certificate authority, such as DigiCert, prevents unnecessary warning dialogues when end users attempt to run the signed code.

In general, a code signing certificate helps guarantee to users that they are, in fact, running the code they believe they are running, and that the code was written by the individual or organization that the certificate was issued to.

As with other digital certificates, code signatures are not platform specific, but they are used differently on the different platforms. You can select your platform type from the lists below for more information.

Code Signing Guides by Application

 

Oracle Java

Java Code Signing Certificates

Digitally sign Java Code Applets with the Java SE Development Kit (JDK). JAR applets with trusted digital signatures can access client-side resources in an integrated way otherwise unavailable.

DigiCert's code sign certificate supports all developer platforms.

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Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Code Signing Certificate

Digital signatures for Windows ActiveX with Microsoft Authenticode (sign 32- or 64-bit .exe, .dll, .ocx, etc.) file signing.

Easily sign code for a variety of Microsoft applications, including Visual Basic Applications and Office.

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Adobe

Adobe Code Sign Certificates

Adobe AIR files will not run unless signed by a trusted certificate provider such as DigiCert.

Our code sign digital signatures have a variety of applications, many of which are covered here. If you find instructions that we do not have but that would be helpful, we are always happy to keep extending our support section.

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Apple

Apple Code Signing Certificates

Since code signing was introduced by Apple in Mac OS 9 and later, digital signature code sign certificates are now able to sign applications for authenticated use in Mac OS. DigiCert's code sign certificate is fully compatible with all Mac OS authentication requirements.

Digitally sign applications for Apple Mac using the signcode utility tool.

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Features and Benefits

There are many potential uses for signing code with DigiCert digital signatures. The most frequent uses are with Microsoft Authenticode and Java Applets, but there are also many more applications to authenticate your code:

  • Customers running or installing software will be able to verify that it was issued by a trusted publisher.
  • Works with Microsoft Authenticode, Office VBA, Java, Adobe AIR, Apple's Mac OS, and Mozilla objects. View our Code Signing Compatibility page for details.
  • Seemlessly establishes trust with users and eliminates unnecessary warning messages.
  • Easily integrated with third-party or custom solutions.

DigiCert code sign certificates are not used to secure communication with a webserver or by clients, identifying themselves to a webserver. To learn more about ssl certificates or client certificates, please see our pages specific to those certificate types.

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