Please sign the executable

[ale5000-git]

Sorry to bother you again. I was seeing that there are signature files so I thought that it would be nice if the signature was in the exe itself (in a way that can be seen from explorer).

There is a method of signing on Linux here.

[rmyorston]

@vszakats (who has raised some busybox-w32 issues in the past) has a nice script to handle certificate management.

I've tried this out but I'm not convinced. While it's nice that the signature can be included with the binary:

• a simple signature adds 3.5K to the size of the executable, with a timestamp it adds 8.5K;
• a self-signed certificate results in unpleasant warnings in the explorer properties dialog;
• I'm pretty sure more people will never bother to check the signature.

[vszakats]

I agree that self-signed signatures aren't really useful for most cases. A signature accepted by default Windows installations will almost certainly cost money though. At least I couldn't find a free option as of mid last year.

[ale5000-git]

I'm asking it because in addition of being visible in explorer which is nice, in the future I will also add signature verification in my scripts.

PS: To see an example, these OpenSSL binaries are digitally signed.

[Ronsor]

Code signing certs cost money though.