annoucements about the service and software of CAT

[Tomasz Wolniewicz <twoln AT umk.pl>]

Hi all,
   The certificate switch has been done.
Things look stable, the new signature is accepted by Windows.

Tomasz


W dniu 2016-01-20 o 14:21, Stefan Winter pisze:
> Hello,
>
> due to an urgent need to replace the existing SHA-1, non-EV, software
> code signing certificate on cat.eduroam.org with a SHA-256, EV, hardware
> token based certificate, we announce a short-notice maintenance for
> eduroam CAT:
>
> Today, Wednesday 20 Jan 2016, 1500-1600 CET
>
> For a very short time during this window, signing of installers for the
> platforms Windows 7, 8 and 10, as well as possibly for the Mac OS X and
> iOS installers may be disfunctional while we are switching the
> certificates and signing backend.
>
> After the change, we will purge the cache of existing installers; and
> the hours following that, the signing process will be more busy than
> usual to recreate signed installers for new downloads. The system might
> appear a bit slower during that time.
>
> Greetings,
>
> Stefan Winter

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