> Even if it's just $20.
$20 doesn't get you an EV certificate anywhere.
We're talking about non-trivial hundreds of dollars per year, which is completely unsustainable for an open source driver for example.
$20 doesn't get you an EV certificate anywhere.
We're talking about non-trivial hundreds of dollars per year, which is completely unsustainable for an open source driver for example.
$61/yr (USD) will get you an OV cert - there are 10% discount codes that are easy to find for these guys, and their list price is $67/yr:
https://codesigning.ksoftware.net/
But the Notepad++ guy will need a business registered with that name before he can obtain CN=Notepad++, no matter how much he's willing to pay.
Yes, that's correct. EV just skips the reputation building phase.
Source: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/ie/2012/08/14/microsoft-sma...
> Programs signed by an EV code signing certificate can immediately establish reputation with SmartScreen reputation services even if no prior reputation exists for that file or publisher.
No user will understand this though.