Since key pairs are based on mathematical relationships that can be cracked with a great deal
\nof time and effort, it is a well-established security principle that digital certificates should expire.
\nYour Digital ID will expire on its expiry date. However, most software is intended to have a lifetime
\nof longer than one year.
\nTo avoid having to resign software every time your certificate expires, a timestamping service is introduced.
\nNow, when you sign code, a hash of your code will be sent to Certification authority to be timestamped.
\nThis means that you will not need to worry about resigning code when your Digital ID expires.
\nMicrosoft Authenticode allows you to timestamp your signed code so that signatures will not expire when your certificate does.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
What about timestamping? Since key pairs are based on mathematical relationships that can be cracked with a great deal of time and effort, it is a well-established security principle that digital certificates should expire. Your Digital ID will expire on its expiry date. However, most software is intended to have\u2026<\/p>\n