[A83] Re: Free App signing key
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[A83] Re: Free App signing key
>> >As far as I figured out:
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>> >If an application is not signed, it will not work.
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>> >Signing is taking an MD5 checksum from the application, and encrypting
it
>> with
>> >a private key, in sucha a way, you need one key to encrypt and another
to
>> >decrypt (RSA. [The decryption key is a derivate from the encryption in
>> >signing, in real encryption, it's the other way around])
>> >
>> >The encrypted checksum (signature) is then pasted in after the program
>> file,
>> >and your app is signed.
>> >
>> >Hope it was clear.
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>> Yes, very much!
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>> But is this right: TI made you need a checksum and let you pay for it,
but
>> now makes it free?
>
>No, correct statement would be:
>Ti made you to have them encrypt your checksum, for a price, but now
they've
>released their private key, so you can do it yourself.
So, before now, you had to use an un-encrypted-checksum?
>--Peter Martijn
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