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NewsArchive
07-01-2010, 02:12 AM
I just had my Code Signing Certificate replaced and the whole management is
completely different and I don't understand it at all.

I installed the certificate into Firefox on one of my PCs (not the one with
Setupbuilder installed).

I can back up the certificate from firefox into <MyCertificate>.P12

I can export the certificate into <MyCertificate>.crt as an x.509
Certificate or certificate with chain

I can export the certificate into <MyCertificate>.der

I can export the certificate into <MyCertificate>.p7c as an x.509
Certificate (PKCS#7) or certificate with chain

Where do I go to from here!

As far as I can tell, I need to get a .spc and a .pvk file - how do I do
that?

Thanks in anticipation
Warren

NewsArchive
07-01-2010, 02:13 AM
Warren,

> I just had my Code Signing Certificate replaced and the whole management
> is completely different and I don't understand it at all.

As far as I know, nothing changed in the Comodo process for years (5+).

There are some interesting information available (too many to mention all
here)

http://www.lindersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8279
http://www.beachbunnysoftware.com/webinar/CodeSign.pdf
http://www.lindersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9498

And this:
http://www.lindersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?p=46610#post46610

And this (tells you how to convert to .pvk and .spc)
http://www.lindersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?p=21430#post21430

BTW, "PFX" (.pfx) and "PKCS12" (.p12) can be used interchangably and files
with either extension are equivalent. Both conform to the PKCS#12
specification. You can use .pfx in SetupBuilder without any problem.

Does this help?

Friedrich