Thawte Code Signing Certificates

Easy online distribution has made it possible for developers to create fun and functional code, anywhere and everywhere. However, the potential for fraud and the spread of malicious code has increased as well. With a Thawte Code Signing Certificate, your code will be as safe and trustworthy to customers as shrink-wrapped software from a store shelf.

Thawte Code Signing Certificates for: Microsoft Authenticode (Multi-Purpose) Microsoft Office / Microsoft VBA Java Apple Mac Adobe AIR

$159 1 year $279 2 year $389 3 year

Give Customers the Confidence to Trust Your Code With Thawte Code Signing Certificates
Thawte Code Signing Certificates protect your customer, your brand, and your intellectual property by making your applications identifiable and harder to falsify or damage with a time-stamped digital signature certified by the most trusted security brand on the Internet (Tec-Ed Whitepaper, PDF, Oct. 2007).

A Thawte Code Signing Certificate is strongly recommended for any publisher intending to distribute code or other content over the Internet or over corporate networks. Software and other content providers who wish to provide extra assurance to their customers about who produced the content and that it has not been tampered with should use Thawte Code Signing Certificates. Newer operating systems and Internet browsers are often set to higher security levels, which often require signed content. Use of Thawte Code Signing Certificates may help enhance a publisher's reputation.

How Does A Thawte Code Signing Certificate Work?
Thawte Code signing uses embedded digital signatures to assure the publisher details and content integrity of downloadable code. Thawte Code signing certificates are valid for one, two, or three years depending on which duration was specified when the certificate was purchased.

Thawte Code Signing Certificates Support Multiple Applications
You can sign as many applications or other content with a Thawte Code Signing Certificate as you wish, provided that the applications are going to be used for and distributed by the organization that owns the code signing certificate.