Perl Requires Chilkat v9.5.0.97+

Authenticode Sign an Executable (EXE) or DLL

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Demonstrates how to Authenticode sign an EXE or DLL. Chilkat2 Perl

use strict;
use warnings;
use Chilkat2;

# This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
# See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

# First create the following JSON to specify that SHA256 is to be used,
# and provide timestamp server information.

# {
#   "hashAlg": "sha256",
#   "timestampToken": {
#     "enabled": true,
#     "tsaUrl": "http://timestamp.digicert.com",
#     "requestTsaCert": true,
#     "hashAlg": "sha256"
#   }
# }

my $json = Chilkat2::JsonObject->new;
$json->UpdateString('hashAlg', 'sha256');
$json->UpdateBool('timestampToken.enabled', 1);
$json->UpdateString('timestampToken.tsaUrl', 'http://timestamp.digicert.com');
$json->UpdateBool('timestampToken.requestTsaCert', 1);
$json->UpdateString('timestampToken.hashAlg', 'sha256');

# Load a code signing certificate..
my $cert = Chilkat2::Cert->new;
my $success = $cert->LoadPfxFile('C:/someDir/myCodeSigningCert.pfx', 'pfx password');
if (!$success) {
    print $cert->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}

# You can sign .exe or .dll files.
my $exePath = 'C:/someOtherDir/HelloWorld.exe';

my $signer = Chilkat2::CodeSign->new;

# If successful, the following call will apply the signature to the EXE (or DLL).
$success = $signer->AddSignature($exePath, $cert, $json);
if (!$success) {
    print $signer->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}

print "Successfully applied the Authenticode signature.\n";