Sign the installers
Manu
turkeyman at gmail.com
Thu Jun 28 00:24:54 UTC 2018
On Wed, 27 Jun 2018 at 17:16, Jonathan M Davis via Digitalmars-d
<digitalmars-d at puremagic.com> wrote:
>
> On Wednesday, June 27, 2018 16:54:55 Manu via Digitalmars-d wrote:
> > Hey people,
> >
> > So I had a few people in the office refuse to install DMD because when
> > they launched the installer, Windows displayed the prompt that it was
> > untrusted (ie, unsigned) and not offer the install button without
> > manual override.
> > True also for VisualD.
> >
> > Can we get a key and start signing the install packages?
> >
> > It would be super-cool to sign the 2.081 release since it's like, imminent
> > ;)
>
> I'm certainly not against getting it signed (though I have no idea what's
> involved with that). However, I'm surprised that anyone actually pays
> attention to that or cares.
Windows hides the install button from you, you have to press the
underlined "More Info" text (at the bottom of the "It's so unsafe
bro!" blurb), and then "Run Anyway".
It says "Windows Defender SmartScreen prevented an unrecognized app
from starting. Running this app might put your PC at risk.", which
looks threatening!
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