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here's the comment area for today's blog post found at
http://zabkat.com/blog/code-signing-sha1-armageddon.htm
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So, x2 runs all the way to 98, right? Do you actually test it on versions that old? Or even on XP SP3 for that matter? :wink:
I'm using Xplorer2 - the only file manager that does not suck. Actually, it rocks!
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actually I do everytime in virtual machines. I cannot say that it is thorough testing but it is testing.
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Thanks for the warning Nikos.
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Yeah, thanks for the warning! Cool move.
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The timestamp cert for your SHA256 cert will still be SHA1 when using that time stamp server. We won't know until Jan. 1 if that's a problem, but see here for a solution:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/306 ... de-signing
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if you pay close attention, a different timestamp server is used for sha2 signing, so there is no problem here. Also note the use of /td sha256
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I realize that, but that timestamp server's certificate is SHA1. /td specifies the digest algorithm used by the server but doesn't determine the certificate of the server itself (read the linked article again -- the same question applies to http://timestamp.comodoca.com/rfc3161).
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this server isn't https, so where does the SHA1 come into play? Anyway I am not an expert so If you know the "correct" timestamp server to use please let us know :xmas:

ps ok, I finally realize what you're talking about, the countersign is based on SHA1. I asked comodo about it and they don't have a straight answer. But it looks like one can use the globalsign timestamp server which understands SHA2

thanks for the tip, I will update the article
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Correct -- I'm the person that answered the Stack Overflow question and was pointing out the same thing to you.
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I've just heard from comodo that they are working to get the SHA2 countersign problem sorted "by the end of the year", we'll see!
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Thanks for the article.

I tried dual signing (SHA1 + SHA256) for a C# executable built with Visual Studio 2015.

The executable won't even launch on Windows 10 if the SHA1 signature is present.

So at least for binaries, it seems dual signing has limited/no value.

I expected older systems would look at the SHA1 certs while newer OS versions would know to look for the SHA256 signature.

So if you want to support older and newer OS versions, it seems like you have to distribute two copies of all your executables: 1 set signed using SHA1, the other signed using SHA256.

Also noting the beautiful irony that binaries without code signatures work flawlessly.
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I was going to wait a few days for trying things out in 2016, but your post hastened me up :)
on my win10, I see no problem whatsoever, even new SHA1 signatures are not causing any bother
so either your system has an update that mine doesn't or you are doing your signatures differently
you can try my freshly dual signed program (run it as administrator to see what happens).
in the worst case I would have expected to see a warning, not a denial of execution!?
here is the download link (ignore the assertion errors :) http://www.zabkat.com/test/double2016.zip

ps. on second thought could your AV be the culprit?

pps. @kalons, comodo finally fixed their rfc3161 timestamp server as promised
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OK. I tried running the exe. After the assertions, I got a "core dumped" alert. Assuming this means the test passed :)

Anyway, I guess I don't know what's going on. I don't have any custom AV - just using built-in Windows 10. Had a colleague looking over my shoulder to make sure I wasn't doing something stupid.

Here's the heart of my signing script:

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set SignToolExe="%programfiles%\Windows Kits\8.1\bin\x86\signtool.exe"

set TimeStampServer="http://timestamp.verisign.com/scripts/timstamp.dll"
set TimeStampServerRFC3161="http://timestamp.geotrust.com/tsa"

echo Adding primary Authenticode signature using SHA1...
%SignToolExe% sign /sha1 3412942a2b84570fb5255e3234538fcd5243014c /fd sha1 /t %TimeStampServer% %1
if errorlevel 1 goto FAIL

echo Adding secondary Authenticode signature using SHA256...
%SignToolExe% sign /sha1 3412942a2b84570fb5255e3234538fcd5243014c /as /fd sha256 /tr %TimeStampServerRFC3161% %1
if errorlevel 1 goto FAIL

echo Verifying all Authenticode signatures...
%SignToolExe% verify /pa /a /all %1
if errorlevel 1 goto FAIL
I'm using Geotrust. Maybe that's a problem.

Going to experiment further. Will get back to you on this.
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Re: blog: SHA1 christmas spoiler

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Ran the same test and it worked this time: no problem launching exe.

Clearly I must have done something wrong, but I'm just not sure what.

In any case, it looks like dual-signing is likely fine.

Sorry for the confusion.
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