Hi,

When I publish a winform app with clickonce my users get a "publisher
cannot by verified" due to a missing certificate. If I buy a code
signing certificate at verisign will this message "go away" and the
app install instantly, or will there pop another message up saying
something like "publisher is .... - would you like to install..."?

Thanks,

Re: clickonce with certificate by RobinS

RobinS
Sun Jun 22 10:17:48 CDT 2008

You must sign your deployment. You can do this w/o buying a certificate.
Just go into the Signing tab for your main project and create a test
certificate.

The purpose of a certificate is to verify the source of the application. If
you use one that you create with Visual Studio, when the user installs the
application it says that it comes from an unknown publisher.

If you purchase a certificate, then the company from whom you purchase it is
verifying that you are who you say you are (and not "some guy in Nigeria who
wants to give them money"), and instead of "Unknown publisher", it will give
the name on the certificate (such as your company name).

RobinS.
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<jakoande@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> When I publish a winform app with clickonce my users get a "publisher
> cannot by verified" due to a missing certificate. If I buy a code
> signing certificate at verisign will this message "go away" and the
> app install instantly, or will there pop another message up saying
> something like "publisher is .... - would you like to install..."?
>
> Thanks,


Re: clickonce with certificate by Peter

Peter
Sun Jun 22 12:11:12 CDT 2008

Minor correction...


> some guy in Nigeria who wants to give them money

some guy in Nigeria who wants to give them "the monies" :-)



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Re: clickonce with certificate by jakoande

jakoande
Sun Jun 22 16:01:43 CDT 2008

Thanks - so to be clear....

If I buy a certificate the "message box" comes up saying that I am who
I am, and the user get to click install or don't install. I the user
trust (CAS) apps comming from me it will install instantly, and thats
not possible without a certificate - right?

Thanks for you help.

On Jun 22, 5:17=A0pm, "RobinS" <rob...@imnottelling.com> wrote:
> You must sign your deployment. You can do this w/o buying a certificate.
> Just go into the Signing tab for your main project and create a test
> certificate.
>
> The purpose of a certificate is to verify the source of the application. =
If
> you use one that you create with Visual Studio, when the user installs th=
e
> application it says that it comes from an unknown publisher.
>
> If you purchase a certificate, then the company from whom you purchase it=
is
> verifying that you are who you say you are (and not "some guy in Nigeria =
who
> wants to give them money"), and instead of "Unknown publisher", it will g=
ive
> the name on the certificate (such as your company name).
>
> RobinS.
> GoldMail.com
> -----------------------------<jakoa...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:f22a64dc-f46e-4a40-af7e-50ff44da6f8a@y21g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>
> > Hi,
>
> > When I publish a winform app withclickoncemy users get a "publisher
> > cannot by verified" due to a missing certificate. If I buy a code
> > signing certificate at verisign will this message "go away" and the
> > app install instantly, or will there pop another message up saying
> > something like "publisher is .... - would you like to install..."?
>
> > Thanks,- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -


Re: clickonce with certificate by RobinS

RobinS
Wed Jun 25 00:20:08 CDT 2008

Yes, that's right. It will come up and say it's being published by you
rather than "Unknown publisher".

When it comes up and says who you are, I think it also allows the user to
say "always trust this guy", although that might depend on the OS version or
the A/V software -- I have seen this prompt, but can't remember exactly the
circumstances.

RobinS.
GoldMail.com
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<jakoande@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Thanks - so to be clear....

If I buy a certificate the "message box" comes up saying that I am who
I am, and the user get to click install or don't install. I the user
trust (CAS) apps comming from me it will install instantly, and thats
not possible without a certificate - right?

Thanks for you help.

On Jun 22, 5:17 pm, "RobinS" <rob...@imnottelling.com> wrote:
> You must sign your deployment. You can do this w/o buying a certificate.
> Just go into the Signing tab for your main project and create a test
> certificate.
>
> The purpose of a certificate is to verify the source of the application.
> If
> you use one that you create with Visual Studio, when the user installs the
> application it says that it comes from an unknown publisher.
>
> If you purchase a certificate, then the company from whom you purchase it
> is
> verifying that you are who you say you are (and not "some guy in Nigeria
> who
> wants to give them money"), and instead of "Unknown publisher", it will
> give
> the name on the certificate (such as your company name).
>
> RobinS.
> GoldMail.com
> -----------------------------<jakoa...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:f22a64dc-f46e-4a40-af7e-50ff44da6f8a@y21g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>
> > Hi,
>
> > When I publish a winform app withclickoncemy users get a "publisher
> > cannot by verified" due to a missing certificate. If I buy a code
> > signing certificate at verisign will this message "go away" and the
> > app install instantly, or will there pop another message up saying
> > something like "publisher is .... - would you like to install..."?
>
> > Thanks,- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -


Re: clickonce with certificate by RobinS

RobinS
Wed Jun 25 00:24:07 CDT 2008

Doh! You're right, of course. Check this out; it's pretty funny. Someone
punked a spammer.

http://www.zug.com/pranks/powerbook/

RobinS.
GoldMail.com
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"Peter Morris" <mrpmorris at gmail dot com> wrote in message
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> Minor correction...
>
>
>> some guy in Nigeria who wants to give them money
>
> some guy in Nigeria who wants to give them "the monies" :-)
>
>
>
> --
> Pete
> =========================================
> I use Enterprise Core Objects (Domain driven design)
> http://www.capableobjects.com/
> =========================================
>