In application software, code signing is a process used by software publishers (manufacturers) that uses the Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Technology to create a digital signature based on a private key and the contents of a program file. The resultant signature is then packaged either with the program file or in an associated catalog...
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Tags: application software, authority, CA, certifciate, code, CRL, key, OCSP, PKI, private, public, Publisher, revocation, signature
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A few days ago I received a phone call from a person asking for my services to help him recover data from a failed hard disk. I asked the caller whether he had internet access—sometimes the failed disk takes with it the only available computer. The caller explained that he had internet access and...
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Tags: disk, EFS, encryption, green, key, Maxtor, private, public
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