Re: Programatically add a digital signature to a macro


"Wictor Wilén" <WictorWiln@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi Tony,
I think this should in general not be any problems, since you sign it with
a
certificate, in real scenarios using a trusted certificate. To sign it you
must have the certificate.

Yes, but if your computer has the certificate, and you get infected by a
virus, the virus also has access to the certificate if the certificate can
be applied programmatically. You are then a potential source of
virus-infected files that use the certificate you paid for and that
demonstrates the trustworthiness of your programs.


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Regards
Jonathan West - Word MVP
www.intelligentdocuments.co.uk
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