how to request Code-signing certificate

[Guest]

How do I create a request for a certificate for code-signing for my excel
macros on my internal (subordinate-)CA? When I search for this I find only
the possibility for using selfcert but I need a corperate wide solution.

 

[Jake Marx]

Hi KE-0077,

How do I create a request for a certificate for code-signing for my
excel macros on my internal (subordinate-)CA? When I search for this
I find only the possibility for using selfcert but I need a corperate
wide solution.

If you truly need a corporate-wide solution, you will probably want to
contact your IT department to see if they can generate a certificate for
you. Most organizations have some type of internal certificate server
running.

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Regards,

Jake Marx
www.longhead.com


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[Guest]

Thanks Jake for your answer, but:
I have an internal CA running and I have enabled the code-signing
certificate template. But when I want to make a certificate I must feed the
CA with a request. I must paste a "Base-64-encoded certificate request" at
the CA request-form. How do I get this request from Office/Excel?

Kind regards,

Ger

Hi KE-0077,

How do I create a request for a certificate for code-signing for my
excel macros on my internal (subordinate-)CA? When I search for this
I find only the possibility for using selfcert but I need a corperate
wide solution.

If you truly need a corporate-wide solution, you will probably want to
contact your IT department to see if they can generate a certificate for
you. Most organizations have some type of internal certificate server
running.

--
Regards,

Jake Marx
www.longhead.com


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[Jake Marx]

Hi Ger,

Thanks Jake for your answer, but:
I have an internal CA running and I have enabled the code-signing
certificate template. But when I want to make a certificate I must
feed the CA with a request. I must paste a "Base-64-encoded
certificate request" at the CA request-form. How do I get this
request from Office/Excel?

I'm not really sure how you would generate the request. Maybe through the
Certificates snap-in to the MMC. Go to start | run and type mmc and hit
enter. Then add the certificates snap-in. Right-click on Personal and
select All Tasks --> Request New Certificate and go from there. Does that
work, or is that what you've already tried?

I know IIS can generate certificate requests in the format your CA is
looking for - maybe you could go that route? Sorry - I've never done
code-signing with anything besides the selfcert.exe option.

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Regards,

Jake Marx
www.longhead.com


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