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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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