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## Issue being fixed or feature implemented
Implement a new code-singing certificate for windows.
Previously we used a certificate issued by DigiCert, however that
certificate recently expired. A renewed certificate would cost roughly
$200/year at the cheapest CAs and $370/year with DigiCert. EV
certificates are relatively novel types of certificates that start out
with positive reputation, reducing smart screen popups for users. EV
certificates start at $270/year.
As a result we had (/have) 4 options:
1. Get a new code signing certificate from a trusted CA
- - Pro: Certificate gains reputation over time in smart screen and
binaries are signed
- - Pro: Shows "Verified Publisher" and "Dash Core Group Inc" on install
- - Con: Costs, feels manipulative to pay at least $600 simply for
someone to sign a certificate
2. Get a new EV code signing certificate
- - Pro: Certificate starts with good reputation and gains reputation
over time
- - Con: Even greater costs for a signature that says that we are from
Dash Core Group
3. Continue signing with the expired certificate
- - Con: This is, it has been discovered, a terrible idea and these
binaries are treated worse than unsigned binaries
4. Deliver unsigned windows binaries
- - Pro: Binary will gain reputation over time as users download it
- - Pro: Easy, is what it says on the tin
- - Con: Binaries are completely unsigned, could be tampering or
corruption issues that go undetected
- - Con: Will visibly state "Unknown Publisher"
5. Deliver self-signed windows binaries
- - Pro: Binary will gain reputation over time as users download it
- - Pro: *Possibility* that certificate will gain reputation over time
as users download binaries signed by it. It may also be that only
certificates issued by a CA will gain reputation over time.
- - Pro: Binaries are still signed
- - Pro: Users have the option to import certificate into keychain to
remove "Unknown Publisher"
- - Pro: In limited testing, install is sometimes is treated better than
unsigned, otherwise is treated the same
- - Con: may appear sketchy, as Root CA is not a trusted Root CA
- - Con: will display "Unknown Publisher" to most users
- - Con: greater potential uncertainty around future changes to
treatment of self signing systems
Based on the above discussion and testing, the best route currently is
option 5; that is what this PR implements. In the future it may make
sense to move towards a codesigning certificate issued by a trusted CA.
The root certificate authority has the following information
with a sha256 fingerprint of `46 84 FF 27 11 D7 C8 C5 BB FA D1 55 41 B3
F0 43 77 97 AC 67 4C 32 19 AE B4 E7 15 11 1F BB 42 A0`
The code signing certificate is issued by the root CA, has a common name
of "Dash Core Windows Signing" and a sha256 fingerprint of `1A 09 54 6E
D3 81 E9 FC AD 62 44 32 35 40 39 FF 5F A7 30 0E 5E 03 C4 E0 96 5A 62 AA
19 2B 79 EE`. This certificate is only authorized for the purpose of
code signing.
## What was done?
## How Has This Been Tested?
Multiple users installing binaries of type 1,3,4 and 5.
## Breaking Changes
This new windows signing certificate should be documented in the release
notes.
## Checklist:
_Go over all the following points, and put an `x` in all the boxes that
apply._
- - [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code
- - [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand
areas
- - [ ] I have added or updated relevant unit/integration/functional/e2e
tests
- - [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation
- - [x] I have assigned this pull request to a milestone _(for
repository code-owners and collaborators only)_
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* update public part of windows code signing certificate
Signed-off-by: pasta <pasta@dashboost.org>
* Fixing line-breaks
Co-authored-by: UdjinM6 <UdjinM6@users.noreply.github.com>
09fe2d9 release: update docs to show basic codesigning procedure (Cory Fields)
f642753 release: create a bundle for the new signing script (Cory Fields)
0068361 release: add win detached sig creator and our cert chain (Cory Fields)
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