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Designing Security : Digitally signing files : How WebClient uses digital signatures
 

How WebClient uses digital signatures

If you want to digitally sign each cabinet file for your WebClient application and you want the end user to verify the digital signature of the downloaded files, who needs which key?
To digitally sign a cabinet file, you need:
*Your private key
*Your public key in the form of a public-key certificate
To verify the digital signature of a downloaded cabinet file, the end user needs your public key in the form of a public-key certificate.
So, to use digital signatures, you need a private key, a public key, and a public-key certificate, while your end user needs your public-key certificate. This section covers the following topics:
*Getting a private key, public key, and public-key certificate
*Definingan application as signed
*How your public-key certificate gets to the end user
*Creating test public-key certificates
* Getting a private key, public key, and public-key certificate
* Defining an application as signed
* How your public-key certificate gets to the end user
* Creating test public-key certificates