How to Generate a CSR to get a digital certificate to sign VBA cod

[Guest]

Please forgive me if this question is inappropriate but I'm having difficulty
getting a digital certificate to sign code written for use with an Access
2000 DB I am developing.

My office is currently attempting to enhance our security by digitally
signing our Access applications. The organization I work for has a
Certificate Authority (CA)that can sign a certificate to be used to sign our
code.

The CA within our organization has informed us that we need to produce a
Certificate Servive Request (CSR) for them in order to have a certificate
created. However, they are unaware of how exactly to create this certificate
and suggested checking documentation of the program (i.e. VBA or Access) on
how to generate this CSR.

All documentation I can find suggests either
a) Creating a self certificate (not an option in our environment)
b) Using a third-party CA such as Verisign
c) Contacting our organization's CA for information on how to generate
the CSR

Has anyone previously created a Certificate Request for signing by an
organization's internal CA?

 

['69 Camaro]

Hi.

I'm having difficulty
getting a digital certificate to sign code written for use with an Access
2000 DB I am developing.

Access 2003 is the first version capable of checking for a digital
certificate. No digital certificate will work for earlier versions of
Access, including Access 2000.

HTH.

Gunny

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[Guest]

Thanks for your reply -- Just so I'm clear...

Access 2000 doesn't support code signing using digital certificates?

 

[Paul Overway]

No....it doesn't.