Re: Timestamp service

From: Henke (funboy_yodel2@hetmail.com)
Date: 11/28/02 

From: "Henke" <funboy_yodel2@hetmail.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2002 10:25:51 +0100

Hi Morten,

Thanks for your answer. Partly I looked for a way to extend the
lifetime of a certificate, because then I don“t need to the timestamping
feature.

I need to sign macros in Word, the lifetime of the documents is way
beyond one year.

Regards

// Henke

"morten skrubbeltrang" <mskrubbeltrang@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:28ef32e4.0211251202.1de2510b@posting.google.com...
> Hi Henke.
>
> Only the issuing CA can extend the lifetime of a certificate, so your
> option with Microsoft CA's is to create a new certificate. The
> available templates is seen in AD Sites & Services/Services/Public Key
> Services/Certificate Template. The closest you get to signing code is
> the CodeSigning template - I think thats not what you're looking
> for?...
>
> Hope this helps, Morten Skrubbeltrang, http://www.skrubbeltrang.com
>
> "Henke" <fjlsdkj@kjsd.com> wrote in message
news:<O4q2#m8kCHA.972@tkmsftngp12>...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I wonder if I can use Certificate Server from MS
> > to create a timestamp service like the one
> > Verisign is providing for free
> > (http://timestamp.verisign.com/scripts/timstamp.dll ?
> >
> > I need to extend the lifetime of a certificate that is
> > used to sign macro code in Word documents.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > // Henke

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