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01-03-2016, 04:46 AM
Happy New Year!

The official SHA-1 statement is/was: "For code signing certificates, Windows
will stop accepting SHA-1 signed code and SHA1 certificates that are time
stamped after 1 January 2016. SHA-1 signed code time stamped by an RFC 3161
Time Stamp Authority before 1 January 2016 will be accepted until such time
when Microsoft decides SHA-1 is vulnerable to pre-image attack."

Just for fun, I have used my old SHA-1 code-signing certificate and code
signed and time stamped a setup.exe on January 02, 2016. Result: it's still
accepted on my Win10 and Win7 test machines.

Let's see what will happen next week.

Friedrich

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01-03-2016, 04:47 AM
I love your idea of "fun" !!! <g>

jf

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01-03-2016, 04:47 AM
>
> I love your idea of "fun" !!! <g>
>

<VBG> ;-)

Friedrich

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01-04-2016, 11:07 AM
Update: To add some more complexity, the loss of trust will only happen with
SHA-1 signed executables (without a timestamp or a timestamp after 1/1/2016)
and with a "Mark of the Web" attribute. A "Mark of the Web" attribute means
that the executable is flagged as downloaded from an untrusted source (e.g.
the Internet). Code signature status behavior might depend on specific
Policy settings and Trusted Zones, and SmartScreen data may be used to allow
certificates with good reputation.

Welcome to 2016 <g>

BTW, I can't confirm the above behaviour right now. Perhaps my "old" SHA-1
certificate trust level is too hight.

Friedrich

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NewsArchive
01-05-2016, 02:59 AM
Hi Friedrich,

> Update: To add some more complexity, the loss of trust will only happen with
> SHA-1 signed executables (without a timestamp or a timestamp after 1/1/2016)
> and with a "Mark of the Web" attribute. A "Mark of the Web" attribute means

Is that the same as the "Unblock" button does on the file properties
which shows if the file was downloaded?

> Welcome to 2016 <g>
>
> BTW, I can't confirm the above behaviour right now. Perhaps my "old" SHA-1
> certificate trust level is too hight.

As far as I can see everything works exactly the same now on my 8.1 dev
machine as it did last month and last year for SHA1 code signed
installers<g>

Best regards,

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01-05-2016, 02:59 AM
> As far as I can see everything works exactly the same now on my 8.1 dev
> machine as it did last month and last year for SHA1 code signed
> installers<g>

Just wait for it<g>...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW7Op86ox9g


:-)

Charles


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