Digital Certificates for Authenticode

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Microsoft Corporation

Updated: September 1996

You will need Internet Explorer version 3.0 or later to apply for your credentials and view your signed code. Click here to get the latest version of Internet Explorer.

Certificate Authorities

Enroll today to get your Software Publisher certificate!

Obtaining a Full-Assurance Software Publisher Certificate

VeriSign is now issuing full-assurance certificates for use with Authenticode™. You will need this certificate to sign code that you wish to distribute.

Based on Microsoft code-signing program criteria, VeriSign will attempt to verify that your company meets a minimum financial stability level using ratings from Dun & Bradstreet Financial Services. Your certificate will indicate if you have met this level. Some software, such as the Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0, offers end-users an option to bypass making an explicit choice to trust code from each new software publisher. If an end-user checks an option to trust all software signed by vendors who have met the financial criteria, code signed by these vendors will be run without any user intervention.

For more information regarding Microsoft's code-signing technology, please go to http://www.microsoft.com/security/tech/authenticode/default.asp.