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David
David

Reputation: 263

Sign a VBA macro with a level 2 certificate

I am trying to sign my excel VBA code. As I understand, I can do this with "level 2" or "class 2"

I'm trying to find something cheeper than go-daddy, $200 per year seems a bit steep for this service.

StartSSL Their website says "object code signing" http://www.startssl.com/?app=39

There is a nice how to for the code signing here: https://forum.startcom.org/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=1654

However, nothing specifies that you can sign Excel macros.

I can't be the first person to deal with this... but I have been googling for 2 hours to no avail.

Any ideas?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 3865

Answers (2)

David
David

Reputation: 263

The answer, according to their help email is that yes, this certificate will work.

My email:

Hello there Kirill,

If I sign my Excel 2010 VBA macro with your StartSSL Level 2 certificate, will the users of my spreadsheets see any warning?

Their Response:

No, should not if correctly signed.

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Regards

Signer:     Eddy Nigg, COO/CTO
    StartCom Ltd.
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XMPP:   [email protected]
Phone:  +1.213.341.0329
    +1.347.534.2026
    +44.20.799.34541
    +972.8.634.4170

PS. Formatting on this site is weird.

Upvotes: 0

SeanC
SeanC

Reputation: 15923

any code signing certificate can be used to sign an excel macro.

You can use a self signing certificate if you don't mind people getting a warning every time that the code is self signed.

In excel 2010, you can go here: menu showing signing

to add your purchased certificate, or create a self signed certificate

Upvotes: 1

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