Code signing certificates use a digital signature to authenticate the integrity of your code and industry-standard encryption to secure your software, which will tell your users that the software or application is safe to download and has not been altered. When users experience the “Unknown Publisher” warning, then they overcome apathy, doubt, or fear about your downloadable software and avoid installing it.
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Strengthen Security to Your Software
Our cheap code signing certificates will protect your software with high-level 256-bit encryption using the latest SHA-2 algorithm. It allows digital signature by confirming the code has not been corrupted, so it is impossible to break security and inject or alter your well-developed code.
Display Trustworthy of the Application
As a programmer, it is your responsibility to manage the reputation of your developed software. Inspire confidence of the users by exhibiting your publisher identity, which will prove the software is digitally signed and safe to download.
Reduce Abandonment Rate
When users click to download your software, they can easily see the publisher’s name, which will ensure that the downloadable software is secure, and the publisher is verified. It will help you to reduce the abandonment rate of developed applications.
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Code Signing Certificate FAQs
Code Signing certificate is a great source to authenticate the software/application code. The certificate signs the code with digital signatures and confirms that the code is not modified. It assures software distributer and software downloaders about the code’s legitimacy. Code Signing Certificate is compatible with Microsoft Authenticode, Java, MS Office & VBA, Adobe AIR, Windows Phone, Brew, Mac/Apple platforms.
The cost of Code Signing Certificate starts from $55/yr. as fit with every developer and software publisher’s requirement, available with OV and EV validation.
The Code Signing Certificate Process is as follows:
- Initially, a developer signs software code with a private key.
- A user downloads the software with signed code at that time, the software with the help of a public key decode the signature.
- After that the system software search a root certificate that helps to identify and validate the signature.
- Then the system software will compare both hashes used on to sign the application and during downloaded application.
- The download task begins if the hashes are same and the root is trusted by the system. On contrary, the download gets interrupted if the hashes do not match.
Code Signing Certificate being a digital certificate signs software, application, or drivers code with a digital signature to ensure end-users that code is authenticated and not altered once it is signed. Code Signing removes the unwanted publisher warning and offers a smooth download process. The certificate binds organization/individual identity and confirms that the certificate is issued from a trusted certificate authority. The developer signs the code with a public key while end-user uses the developer’s public key to confirm the developer’s identity.
Either you are an individual developer or an organization, you should follow below process.
- Choose your code signing certificate.
- Complete order process.
- Create CSR and complete configuration process.
- CA will issue your certificate after conducting verification process.
- Install it on your appropriate server.
If you are a developer and wish to distribute the software over the internet then, it is quite necessary to save your users from “Unknown Publisher” warning that keeps your users away from downloading the software. Code Signing certificate helps to remove such unwanted warnings and signs the code to assure users that the code is not altered since it is signed.
If you compare to the damage of reputation causes because of not trusting your software by users, the price of code signing certificate stands at nowhere. You will get advantage of discounted price by selecting multi year subscription.
When a code signing certificate expires, unless you have a timestamp on it, Microsoft SmartScreen, Google Safe Browsing, and other antivirus programs do not trust the software. In case, the code is timestamped then; the code remains alive, even the Code Signing certificate will expire.
Once you purchase a Code Signing certificate, you must follow configuration process to submit CSR and complete a certificate request. You will get your .zip file via email after validation process. Just extract file that includes the certificate file and intermediate certificates, install it on your server.
If you find any issue in completing the configuration process, you can contact our 24/7 customer support.
