[oXygen-user] Signed executables in Oxygen

[Oxygen XML Editor Support]

Hello Nathan,

We already sign the generated Oxygen executable launchers that are 
included in the kit (oxygen15.2.exe, diffFiles.exe, diffDirs.exe, etc).
We could (as in 'we are allowed to') sign the libraries and executables 
that we have compiled ourselves. The Hunspell libraries 
(hunspell-win-x86-32.dll, hunspell-win-x86-64.dll), the 
'dotNetValidator.exe' and 'msValidator.exe' fall in this category. 
Hunspell is open source and we have compiled it ourselves from the 
available sources.

However, there are quite a few unsigned third party Windows libraries 
and executables included in the Oxygen kit:
libxml2.dll, libexslt.dll, libxslt.dll, msxsl.exe, nxslt.exe, nxslt2.exe 
and so on...
Some of these have license terms that do not allow us to alter the files 
in any way, so signing them is out of the question.
Generally speaking, even without these terms, signing other people's 
software is questionable at best.

So, in conclusion, I'm afraid that we cannot have every executable and 
library from the installation package signed.
I'm guessing you need these signed for some security validation tool.

Regards,
Adrian

Adrian Buza
oXygen XML Editor and Author Support

Tel: +1-650-352-1250 ext.202
Fax: +40-251-461482
support at oxygenxml.com
http://www.oxygenxml.com



On 19.03.2014 20:09, Nathan wrote:
> Hi,
>   It would be great if all the executables in Oxygen (especially in 
> the All platform and Windows versions) were signed for security purposes.
> We are having a bit of an issue whitelisting the various executables 
> individually because we are unable to find any signage on some of the 
> executables - like "huntspell.dll", "dotNetValidator.exe" etc.
>
> Regards,
> Nathan
>
>
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