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    • donhoD
      donho @PeterJones
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      @PeterJones said in Notepad++ v8.8.3 Release Candidate:

      You don’t have to use exactly that phrasing – I just mocked it up similar to what you had in the earlier section on that page.

      Yes, you’re right - I forgot the part of resources!
      I will add the information into this page, so it will be available during the release process.
      Thank you for the reminding!

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      • xomxX
        xomx @donho
        last edited by xomx

        @donho said in Notepad++ v8.8.3 Release Candidate:

        URL=http://notepad-plus-plus.org/nppRevoke.crl

        URL=http://notepad-plus-plus.org/nppRoot.crt

        Maybe I’m a little bit lost in all that RC versions, but now I dl again the RC4 ones x64 installer and it’s signed like the above statements, which is just wrong, isn’t it? (should be with https instead):

        npp-cert-http(s).png

        Edit: Seems like MS own signed executables have the same http-only.

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        • donhoD
          donho @xomx
          last edited by

          @xomx said in Notepad++ v8.8.3 Release Candidate:

          Maybe I’m a little bit lost in all that RC versions, but now I dl again the RC4 ones x64 installer and it’s signed like the above statements, which is just wrong, isn’t it? (should be with https instead):

          The use of “http” instead of “https” wasn’t a mistake - that’s simply how it was done. You can check other digitally signed programs to confirm this.

          In RC5280 “Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate and Certificate Revocation List (CRL) Profile”, Security Considerations section:

           CAs SHOULD NOT include URIs that specify https, ldaps, or similar
             schemes in extensions.  CAs that include an https URI in one of these
             extensions MUST ensure that the server's certificate can be validated
             without using the information that is pointed to by the URI.  Relying
             parties that choose to validate the server's certificate when
             obtaining information pointed to by an https URI in the
             cRLDistributionPoints, authorityInfoAccess, or subjectInfoAccess
             extensions MUST be prepared for the possibility that this will result
             in unbounded recursion.
          

          ref: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc5280

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          • donhoD
            donho @donho
            last edited by donho

            While writing the release notes, I realized the both certificates (root certificate & code signing certificate) of RC4 have the same information while displaying:

            Issued to: Notepad++
            Issued by: Notepad++
            Valid from 7/7/2025 to XXXXX
            

            Only the the valid dates (to XXXXX) are different.

            To avoid users’ confusion, I did a new root certificate and a new code signing certificate and signed the release again:
            http://download.notepad-plus-plus.org/repository/8.x/8.8.3.RC5/

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            • xomxX
              xomx @donho
              last edited by xomx

              @donho said in Notepad++ v8.8.3 Release Candidate:

              Only the the valid dates (to XXXXX) are different.

              To avoid users’ confusion, I did a new root certificate and a new code signing certificate and signed the release again:

              ?, the shown “to XXXXX” remains different as before:

              last root-cert: Valid from 7/9/2025 to 7/9/2055
              cert in signed RC5 binary: Valid from 7/9/2025 to 7/9/2028

              Root-certs usually have longer expiration date, I don’t see a problem with it.

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              • donhoD
                donho @xomx
                last edited by donho

                @xomx said in Notepad++ v8.8.3 Release Candidate:

                Root-certs usually have longer expiration date, I don’t see a problem with it.

                The point is on “Issued to” & “Issued by”: the information should be difference between 2 certificates.
                It’s more clear in RC5 for users:

                Root certificate: (Self-signed root certificate)

                8ce32d0b-b12d-4ee8-9ebf-ebff98d5cd68-image.png


                Code signing certificate (Code signing certicate issued by Self-signed root certificate)

                c035d2f1-5e81-4ab0-a01e-1a54cf7534a7-image.png

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                • xomxX
                  xomx @donho
                  last edited by

                  @donho said in Notepad++ v8.8.3 Release Candidate:

                  The point is on “Issued to” & “Issued by”: the information should be difference between 2 certificates.

                  Ah, now I see it, thanks.

                  The important is, you left the code-signing one “Issued to” to be the Notepad++, so the possible future UAC pop-ups can say “Notepad++” as the “Verified publisher” (with the N++ cert in the Trusted Root CA) as it was before, right?

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                  • PeterJonesP
                    PeterJones @donho
                    last edited by

                    With the newest certificates and RC5, what I see is

                    • Notepad++ Root Certificate
                      • General
                        • Issued To: Notepad++ Root Certificate
                        • Issued By: Notepad++ Root Certificate
                        • Valid from 7/8/2025 to 7/8/2055
                      • Details
                        • Thumbprint = c80539ff7076d22e73a01f164108dafbf06e45e4

                    And on the signing certificate with the RC5 binary, I see:

                    • Notepad++
                      • General
                        • Issued To: Notepad++
                        • Issued By: Notepad++ Root Certificate
                        • Valid from 7/8/2025 to 7/8/2028
                      • Details
                        • Thumbprint = 7f517e235584afc146f6d3b44cd34c6cc36a3ab2

                    The dates are presumably different because of timezone differences, since early morning 7/9 in France was still 7/8 on the Western timezone in USA.

                    @donho, Please confirm whether these are the correct Thumbprints, according to your records.

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                    • donhoD
                      donho @PeterJones
                      last edited by donho

                      @xomx

                      The important is, you left the code-signing one “Issued to” to be the Notepad++, so the possible future UAC pop-ups can say “Notepad++” as the “Verified publisher” (with the N++ cert in the Trusted Root CA) as it was before, right?

                      Yes, exactly - if the root certificate is installed on users’ machine.

                      @PeterJones

                      I confirm the above information.

                      BTW, the root certificate will be available in GitHub repository as well:
                      https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/blob/master/nppRoot.crt

                      You might consider to include Notepad++ root certificate (nppRoot.crt) in npp-user-manual.org and also the following information:

                      Name: Notepad++ Root Certificate
                      Serial Number: 7A137FBEA48E8D469D2B43D49EBBCB21
                      Thumbprint: C80539FF7076D22E73A01F164108DAFBF06E45E4
                      SHA256: 443B4543C3A682804540849793556FFD3A6CE5D4721C9ADFDA6450223DDD54D7
                      Created: 2025-07-09
                      Expires: 2055-07-09

                      so users could have 3 sources to download the root certificate and do the croiss-verification.
                      It’s totally up to you. But if you do, please provide me the URL of nppRoot.crt - I will include it into my release note & Ressources page.

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                      • PGomersallP
                        PGomersall @donho
                        last edited by

                        @donho said in Notepad++ v8.8.3 Release Candidate:

                        BTW, the root certificate will be available in GitHub repository as well:
                        https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/blob/master/nppRoot.crt

                        @donho nppRoot.crt is not found at that location

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                        • PeterJonesP
                          PeterJones @PGomersall
                          last edited by PeterJones

                          @PGomersall said in Notepad++ v8.8.3 Release Candidate:

                          nppRoot.crt is not found at that location

                          I think you missed two of Don’s words from his sentence: “the root certificate will be available” – “will be” implies future tense, so not yet.

                          –
                          update: an hour later, that file does exist at https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/blob/master/nppRoot.crt … so no more waiting

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                          • PeterJonesP
                            PeterJones @donho
                            last edited by

                            @donho said in Notepad++ v8.8.3 Release Candidate:

                            But if you do, please provide me the URL of nppRoot.crt - I will include it into my release note & Ressources page.

                            Sorry if I wasn’t fast enough for the Release Notes…

                            https://npp-user-manual.org/docs/certs/nppRoot.crt

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                            • donhoD
                              donho @PeterJones
                              last edited by

                              @PeterJones said in Notepad++ v8.8.3 Release Candidate:

                              Considering @donho said above, “BTW, I should make https work, I know - it’s on my TODO list.”, I can confidentally conclude that the goal is to get it renewed. ;-)

                              FYI,
                              It’s done with let’s Encrypt:
                              https://download.notepad-plus-plus.org/repository/

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                              • Ben HB
                                Ben H @donho
                                last edited by

                                @donho VirusTotal is flagging v8.8.3 with the following:
                                ffa02486-0bad-4976-92ab-0ccc969972ee-image.png

                                Is this a concern or a false positive?

                                Thanks.

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                                • donhoD
                                  donho @Ben H
                                  last edited by

                                  @Ben-H
                                  False positive.
                                  Because if I put malware into Notepad++, I would not tell you.

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                                  • Ben HB
                                    Ben H @donho
                                    last edited by

                                    @donho
                                    Thanks. Is there a way to check with BKav Pro security vendor to see why it is a false positive? We just needed some explanation or confirmation that we are in the clear in order to satisfy the audit requirement by our company. Appreciate the Notepad++ team as always.

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                                    • datatraveller1D
                                      datatraveller1 @Ben H
                                      last edited by

                                      @Ben-H I have just written to BKAV customer services and asked them to disable the false positive. I’ve had a good experience with this company and I’m sure it will disappear soon.

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                                      • Ben HB
                                        Ben H @datatraveller1
                                        last edited by

                                        @datatraveller1
                                        Great. Thanks much!

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                                        • datatraveller1D
                                          datatraveller1 @Ben H
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                                          • datatraveller1D
                                            datatraveller1 @Ben H
                                            last edited by

                                            @Ben-H The BKAV Pro False Positive has been fixed, everything is green now.

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