Thank you Friedrich !
I found more information when reading on and notably the update download link for the sign tool, but nothing about the legal stuff.
Regards,
Maarten,
Thank you Friedrich !
I found more information when reading on and notably the update download link for the sign tool, but nothing about the legal stuff.
Regards,
Maarten,
Hi Everybody!
Well, I just got through the process of getting my certificate reissued with SHA2 encryption. My cert was 2 years old, and I had an interesting problem that I'd lost my original private key text file (pvk). I still had my .pfx file, which has the private key info rolled into it...so here's what I did:
Comodo only gives you the cert part. And OpenSSL on the PC was too hard for me to figure out.
So...
I used a tool from DigiCert ( https://www.digicert.com/util/ ) to import my old .pfx file on my new computer.
Then I imported the new certificate from Comodo, and the DigiCert utility said "Missing PVK information". It then offered ot search this computer to repair/complete. It found the key file information in my original .pfx file from two years ago, and Wah-Lah! I could export the new certificate as a working complete PFX. I also was able to use the tool to export a split PVK and Cert file from my original .pfx. Very handy! all I needed to remember was my password, which I'd spraypainted on the side of my house so I wouldn't lose it. (Just kidding. I spraypainted it on an interior wall, like all my passwords. I'm very security minded!)
To give credit where credit is due, and also if people need to go ask about making a new pfx...I saw mention of that DigiCert tool on stack overflow: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6...nd-private-key
Our setup is all compiled and I'm testing it now. DAYS before the due date! It's a Christmas miracle!! (We really get behind in this place.)
- Dee Dreslough, Sports Mogul Inc. Long time SetupBuilder user.![]()
Hi Dee,
WOW! Very interesting. Thanks so much for sharing !!!
Friedrich
Hi
My certificated does not expire until June. If I renew early to make sure I get through the process, do I lose time on my cert or do they add 3 years from the current certificate's expire date?
Is there any problem with waiting until the cert expires or will that create more work in verification?
-Tim
Tim,
If you request a code-signing certificate then you'll always get a new one. There is no "renew" for certificates. Request a new certificate 10-14 days before your "old" certificate is due to expire and you "should" be on the safe side (but no guarantee).
Friedrich
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