[Mono-dev] signcode on the fly

[Sebastien Pouliot]

On Tue, 2007-02-20 at 19:10 +0530, viraj wrote:
> hi all,
> yes, i just verified it by creating a test certificate with makecert.
> It signed my code without a problem. so the problem is the 'encrypted
> pvk file', thank you for your hint Rafael!
> 
> even though i have the password for the .pvk file, it seems 'signcode'
> binary does not accept a password on it's input (man signcode)? am i
> correct?

Signcode should ask you your password when it detects an encrypted PVK
file. 

What version of Mono are you using ?

> with 'signtool' (MS Platform SDK), it accepts the password, is there a
> 'signtool' equivalent in Mono?
> 
> thanks again
> 
> 
> ~viraj
> 
> 
> On 2/20/07, Rafael Teixeira <monoman at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi Viraj,
> >
> > Just my inexperienced view on the problem:
> >
> > It seems that your pvk is encrypted, and you need to provide a
> > password for signcode to use it, but I also don't know how. An
> > alternative is to use an unencripted pvk file.
> >
> > :)
> >
> > On 2/20/07, viraj <kalinga at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > hi all,
> > > i'm trying to signcode a win32 executable on Linux, using Mono's signcode.
> > >
> > > when i issue the command..
> > >
> > > signcode -spc myspcfromthawte.spc -v mypvkfromthawte.pvk -n "My App -
> > > Quick Demo" -t "http://timestamp.verisign.com/scripts/timstamp.dll"
> > > quickDemo.exe
> > >
> > > it says..
> > >
> > > Mono SignCode - version 1.2.2.1
> > > Sign assemblies and PE files using Authenticode(tm).
> > > Copyright 2002, 2003 Motus Technologies. Copyright 2004-2006 Novell.
> > > BSD licensed.
> > >
> > >
> > > Unhandled Exception:
> > > System.Security.Cryptography.CryptographicException: Invalid data
> > > and/or password
> > >   at Mono.Security.Authenticode.PrivateKey..ctor (System.Byte[] data,
> > > System.String password) [0x00000]
> > >   at Mono.Security.Authenticode.PrivateKey.CreateFromFile
> > > (System.String filename, System.String password) [0x00000]
> > >   at Mono.Security.Authenticode.PrivateKey.CreateFromFile
> > > (System.String filename) [0x00000]
> > >   at Mono.Tools.SignCode.GetPrivateKey (System.String keyfile,
> > > System.Security.Cryptography.CspParameters csp) [0x00000]
> > >   at Mono.Tools.SignCode.Main (System.String[] args) [0x00000]
> > >
> > > couldn't trace a similar error message on internet.
> > >
> > > am i missing any parameters? or what should be the correct syntax of
> > > the command.
> > >
> > > thanks a lot.
> > >
> > > ~viraj
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> >
> > --
> > Rafael "Monoman" Teixeira
> > ---------------------------------------
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> > persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all
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