{"id":49,"date":"2002-03-03T18:57:56","date_gmt":"2002-03-03T18:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/codesigncert.com\/blognew\/obtain-code-signing-certificate-security\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T13:41:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T13:41:34","slug":"obtain-code-signing-certificate-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/codesigncert.com\/blog\/obtain-code-signing-certificate-security","title":{"rendered":"Obtain a Code Signing Certificate Security"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 ez-toc-wrap-right counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"#\" data-href=\"https:\/\/codesigncert.com\/blog\/obtain-code-signing-certificate-security\/#What_are_Code_Signing_certificates\" >What are Code Signing certificates?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"#\" data-href=\"https:\/\/codesigncert.com\/blog\/obtain-code-signing-certificate-security\/#Why_is_it_important_to_use_Code_signing_certificates\" >Why is it important to use Code signing certificates?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"#\" data-href=\"https:\/\/codesigncert.com\/blog\/obtain-code-signing-certificate-security\/#How_do_I_know_if_the_software_is_trusted\" >How do I know if the software is trusted?&nbsp;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"#\" data-href=\"https:\/\/codesigncert.com\/blog\/obtain-code-signing-certificate-security\/#How_does_a_Code_Signing_certificate_work\" >How does a Code Signing certificate work?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"#\" data-href=\"https:\/\/codesigncert.com\/blog\/obtain-code-signing-certificate-security\/#Platforms_compatible_for_code_signing\" >Platforms compatible for code signing&nbsp;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-12 mb-3 p-2\">\n<p>Over last decade, smart-phone usage has sky-rocketed to an extent of becoming a trend followed by seemingly every person you pass by on a street. Even mobile platforms like Android, iOS, Windows, BlackBerry, etc. are in a race to attract maximum number of users. Most users rely on their smart-phones for social interaction, private conversation, online shopping, e-banking and other similar tasks.<\/p>\n<p>However, with the increase in the use of smart-phones, cyber attackers have upgraded their standard attacks on websites to hijacking or hacking smart-phones to steal users&rsquo; identity credentials, phone data and other sensitive information stored in the device. Therefore, it is very important for developers of mobile applications\/software to develop more complex and trustworthy applications using digital technology.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">After developing applications\/software, it is very important to secure their codes and scripts to prevent attackers from tampering the application. To secure code, developers need to use <em>Code Signing certificates, <\/em>which are offered by trusted certification authorities (CA).<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify; color: #ff4000;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_are_Code_Signing_certificates\"><\/span><strong>What are Code Signing certificates?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Code Signing certificates enable developers to sign executables and scripts to verify their identities before distributing them on the Internet.This guarantees to the user that the code or the application has not been altered since it was signed by the author using cryptographic hash function.Trusted root CAs sign these certificates using <strong><em>Public Key Infrastructure (PKI).<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify; color: #ff4000;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_is_it_important_to_use_Code_signing_certificates\"><\/span><strong>Why is it important to use Code signing certificates?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It has been found that, when a software or an application is signed using a Code signing certificate, it achieves more downloads on the Internet. The reason being that code signing shows confirms the author&rsquo;s identity, which users find trustworthy enough to download from the Internet.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Code signing increases users&rsquo; trust in following two ways:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Authenticity &ndash; <\/strong>It verifies the author of the software<\/li>\n<li><strong>Integrity &ndash; <\/strong>It verifies that the software or the code has not been tampered after it was signed<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Code Signing Certificate Path<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Code Signing certificate is verified in following chain of CAs.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Primary CA<\/li>\n<li>Code Signing certificate<\/li>\n<li>Author details<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-264\" style=\"border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"Code Signing Certification Path\" src=\"https:\/\/codesigncert.com\/content\/theme1\/img\/blog\/code-signing-certification-path.png\" alt=\"Code Signing Certification Path\" width=\"419\" height=\"519\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify; color: #ff4000;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_do_I_know_if_the_software_is_trusted\"><\/span><strong>How do I know if the software is trusted?&nbsp;<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Users can know the details about the application or software being downloaded by having a look at the warning window generated during the process. On this, the users can find the author&rsquo;s name and website included, which helps them decide about the authenticity of the application or software.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It can be explained with an example of an executable file <strong><em>iTunesSetup.exe.<\/em><\/strong>See Figure 2. In the pop-up window, one can find the publisher&rsquo;s name as <strong><em>Apple Inc<\/em><\/strong>along with <strong><em>Apple&rsquo;s<\/em><\/strong>official website.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/codesigncert.com\/content\/theme1\/img\/blog\/apple-code-signing-certificate.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-265\" style=\"border: 2px solid black;\" src=\"https:\/\/codesigncert.com\/content\/theme1\/img\/blog\/apple-code-signing-certificate.png\" alt=\"Apple Code Signing Certificate\" width=\"414\" height=\"308\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify; color: #ff4000;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_does_a_Code_Signing_certificate_work\"><\/span><strong>How does a Code Signing certificate work?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">To sign a piece of code, the author has to perform following steps:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Apply for a Code signing certificate via a trusted CA.<\/li>\n<li>Submit identity details to the CA. The applicant receives the certificate only after authorities verify the identity credentials.<\/li>\n<li>Generate a one-way hash for the software and use the private key to encrypt this hash.<\/li>\n<li>Bundle-up the hash and the certificate with the executables.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Verification of the application\/ software at the users&rsquo; end:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Decrypting the hash using code signing certificate&rsquo;s public key<\/li>\n<li>Create a new hash for the downloaded application.<\/li>\n<li>And compare the new hash with the hash used for code-signing.<\/li>\n<li>If both the hashes match perfectly, application is not modified since it was signed. The user is now safe to download it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Most of the steps mentioned above are handled by the users&rsquo; Operating Systems automatically.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify; color: #ff4000;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Platforms_compatible_for_code_signing\"><\/span><strong>Platforms compatible for code signing&nbsp;<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\" data-mce-mark=\"1\"><strong>Desktop Based Platform<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Microsoft Authenticode [32\/64 bit Files (.exe, .dll, .ocx, .cab)]<\/li>\n<li>Java&rsquo;s .JAR files and software<\/li>\n<li>Microsoft&rsquo;s Office files &amp; VBA documents<\/li>\n<li>Adobe&rsquo;s AIR based Applications.<\/li>\n<li>Apple Os X Software<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/codesigncert.com\/content\/theme1\/img\/blog\/code-signing-desktop-platform1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-281\" src=\"https:\/\/codesigncert.com\/content\/theme1\/img\/blog\/code-signing-desktop-platform1.jpg\" alt=\"Code Signing - Desktop Platform\" width=\"512\" height=\"104\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\" data-mce-mark=\"1\"><strong style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mobile Based Platform<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Windows Phone and Xbox 360 applications<\/li>\n<li>Android Applications<\/li>\n<li>Apple iOS Applications<\/li>\n<li>Brew Applications<strong><br \/> <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-279\" src=\"https:\/\/codesigncert.com\/content\/theme1\/img\/blog\/code-signing-mobile-platform.jpg\" alt=\"Code Signing - Mobile Platform\" width=\"512\" height=\"104\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-mce-mark=\"1\">Software developers and publishers using any of the above mentioned platforms can use Code signing certificates to reduce the unusual error messages or window pop-ups that stops customers to go forward with downloading the application. Absence of such windows boosts users&rsquo; confidence in the authenticity of the application.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With Code signing certificates, developers can distribute their codes, applications and software on the Internet. 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