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The author is saying that signing certificates are something that FOSS authors enjoy using, but they have no practical purpose outside of that enjoyment.
by daveFNbuck 8y ago
The author is saying that signing certificates are something that FOSS authors enjoy using, but they have no practical purpose outside of that enjoyment.
- SmellyGeekBoy 8y agoI don't know, getting rid of the huge "YOU MAY BE INSTALLING DANGEROUS SOFTWARE" warning in Windows 10 seems like a practical purpose.
- mikewhy 8y agoFor that you need to shell out even more for an EV Cert. If you just have a regular cert, people are still warned when running your app.
- Leace 8y ago"are still warned" for ~ 2 weeks, then it is trusted: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19330564 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19330564
- jimktrains2 8y agoI guess I haven't used systems with code signing like this. Is it really that common?