thawte Code Signing Certificates

Overview

Code Signing Certificates are strongly recommended for any publisher who plans to distribute code or content over the Internet or corporate extranets and needs to assure the integrity and authorship of that code.

Certificate Features and Benefits:

• Uses a single certificate for most platforms and applications - this is unique to thawte
• Allows you to sign active content such as ActiveX, Macros, MIDlet(J2ME) and Java Applets for secure electronic distribution over the Internet. This authenticated digital signature effectively verifies the source of your software before it is downloaded
• Ensures that your active content or code cannot be maliciously modified
• Gives your users recourse to the person who published it
• Promotes the Internet as a secure and viable platform for content distribution
• Has the benefit of thawte's world-class certification procedures
• Inspires user confidence
• CRL: Yes, Certificate Revocation List fully supported
• Has the benefit of Online Certificate Status Protocol :

  A major software vendor has released a beta version of their browser that will have automatic certifcate revocation checking as a default option

  This new checking protocol will maximize the speed of checking the status of thawte certificates and will minimize the possibilities of online fraud as invalid certificates and companies will immediately be exposed to the end customer

  thawte has invested significanltly in the infrastructure which can support OCSP - something not all CAs will be able to provide and support.

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