Setting Isolation Options - Novell ADMINSTUDIO 9.5 User Manual

Chapter 8: Converting Legacy Installations Using the Repackager Interface
Isolating Windows Installer Packages
Contact a certification authority such as VeriSign for more information on the specifics of software publishing
credentials.
Software Publishing Credentials
You must supply a certification authority with specific information about your company and software to obtain
software publishing credentials in the form of an .spc file. Your software publishing credentials are used to generate
a digital signature for your assembly.
The file and
.spc
compose the digital certificate for shared assemblies.
Contact a certification authority such as VeriSign for more information on the specifics of software publishing
credentials.
Using a Certificate Store
To perform code signing, both private key and software publishing credential information must be supplied. This
must occur each time a package is signed. Most server operating systems store a certificate locally on the
computer that the user used to request the credential information.
Instead of having to store credential files on each of the user computers, you can create a Certificate Store, a
storage location which will have numerous certificates, which enables all users or computers with adequate
permissions to retrieve the certificate as needed.
Using a Certificate Store allows you to associate the same credentials and private key files with multiple packages.
This simplification is particularly useful when isolating applications, as typically the code signing information will be
identical for all shared assemblies. Ultimately, the Certificate Store removes the burden of managing private key
and software publishing credential information.
Creating a Certificate File
You can create a certificate file from the constituent PVK and SPC files and import it into the Certificate Store using
the PVK Digital Certificate Files
Certificate Store.
Caution •
Example on the Microsoft Developer Network Web site.

Setting Isolation Options

Application isolation is one solution to component versioning conflicts. Isolation reduces versioning conflicts by
modifying an application so it always loads the versions of components—such as DLLs—with which it was
originally developed and tested.
On the Isolation Options Dialog
can specify the following Repackager isolation options:
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(private key) file you enter as in the Digital Signature tab of the Advanced Options dialog box
.pvk
Importer. You can then export the certificate (
Certificate files must be 2048-bit or higher. For more information, see the article:
Box, which is opened by selecting Isolation Options from the Tools menu, you
) file for use outside of the
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Assembly Signing
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