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> Even if it's just $20. $20 doesn't get you an EV certificate anywhere. We're talking about non-trivial hundreds of dollars per year, which is completely uns
by Sephr 8y ago
> Even if it's just $20.
$20 doesn't get you an EV certificate anywhere.
We're talking about non-trivial hundreds of dollars per year, which is completely unsustainable for an open source driver for example.
- juliusmusseau 8y agoMy point was I would trust someone who drops $20 more than I would trust someone who drops nothing. $61/yr (USD) will get you an OV cert - there are 10% discount codes that are easy to find for these guys, and their list price is $67/yr: https://codesigning.ksoftware.net/ https://codesigning.ksoftware.net/ But the Notepad++ guy will need a business registered with that name before he can obtain CN=Notepad++, no matter how much he's willing to pay.
- ex3ndr 8y agoThis certificate doesn't help to bypass UAC and "unsecure" prompt still be shown to the user.
- gruez 8y agoThat's incorrect. All code authenticode signing certificates (trusted by microsoft) turns the UAC prompt from yellow to blue. EV certificates is probably for auto-trust for smartscreen.
- Leace 8y ago> EV certificates is probably for auto-trust for smartscreen. Yes, that's correct. EV just skips the reputation building phase. Source: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/ie/2012/08/14/microsoft-smartscreen-extended-validation-ev-code-signing-certificates/ https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/ie/2012/08/14/microsoft-sma... > Programs signed by an EV code signing certificate can immediately establish reputation with SmartScreen reputation services even if no prior reputation exists for that file or publisher.
- ex3ndr 8y agoOnly after you noticed that UAC color is blue instead of yellow i started to see difference. No user will understand this though.
- Marsymars 8y agoUp until reading this thread I wasn't even aware that there were different UAC colours.