digital security certification

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Alex Dybenko

You can look at verisign.com
But think twice if you really need it. I found it useless. You can create
your own with almost same result...
 
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Graham R Seach

<<You can create your own with almost same result...>>
....using SelfCert.exe

It'll be in your Office folder. For example, on mine it's in:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11

Regards,
Graham R Seach
Microsoft Access MVP
Sydney, Australia
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Alex Dybenko

Thank you Graham!

Alex

Graham R Seach said:
<<You can create your own with almost same result...>>
...using SelfCert.exe

It'll be in your Office folder. For example, on mine it's in:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11

Regards,
Graham R Seach
Microsoft Access MVP
Sydney, Australia
Click to expand...
 
J

Jenny

Thanks Alex - According to the documentation a self certificate will not
prevent those annoying messages popping up when the product is distributed to
the client, as the default security status is "medium" when the product is
packaged, and there seems no way of changing that except by issuing a proper
certificate. Is that right? Regards - Jenny
 
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Brendan Reynolds

This is true. However, a commercial certificate doesn't prevent it either,
until and unless the user elects to trust the certificate. The message the
user sees when they first open a file signed with a commercial certificate
is almost exactly the same as the message that they see when the file is not
signed at all. Not very good value for money, in my opinion.
 
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Graham R Seach

What he said! :)

Regards,
Graham R Seach
Microsoft Access MVP
Sydney, Australia
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J

Jenny

Thanks Brendan - I'll probably leave it as is then - ie - unsigned. Thanks
again - Jenny
 
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