EV Code Signing Certificate Benefits
With an EV Code Signing Certificate you get the protection and extended trust of extended validation verification plus the additional security provided by a hardware requirement. Code can only be signed when your hardware is connected. This helps reduce the risk of certificate theft or unauthorized program signing.
Note: In order to use an EV Code Signing Certificate with Mac OS X, you will need to have ¶ºÒõ¹Ý preinstall the certificate to a token and ship it to you.
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After your token is shipped to you and you receive it, you will need to activate and obtain your token's password
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Install the safenet drivers onto your computer.
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You can confirm your certificate is available by opening Keychain Manager then the "My Certificates" Keychain on your computer. Your certificate issued by ¶ºÒõ¹Ý should be listed.
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Open a terminal window and run the following command to sign your code with your certificate (alter the portion in red to match your company and app):
codesign -s "Your Company, Inc." "/path/to/yourApp.app"
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You can then verify the code signing was executed successfully by running:
codesign -v "/path/to/MyApp.app"
Your certificate should now be successfully signed.
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