James Steel

Does anyone have recommendations for a reliable resource for code signing certificates? We have been buying our code signing certificates from the same company for around ten years and their service seems to have taken a turn for the worse. We did not stay current on the new requirements for OV and EV certificates, so we have been blindsided by the recent changes. Ideally we would like to order a three-year EV certificate and possibly order an HSM separately while the issuer does their verification process. Having the HSM on hand might save us a couple of days in the overall process. Thanks in advance for any help with this!

That would put an abrupt end to one's code signing!

We are going to look into Google Cloud HSM for the future. It appears to have the expected almost free to very low cost one comes to expect with most Google services.

Hi David, We decided to go with GlobalSign as well and the vetting process went very quickly, done in just a few hours. Have you found that the EV cert from GlobalSign has eliminated issues with the Windows application installation process (Windows Defender SmartScreen, etc.) as one would expect? We also looked into AWS HSM as an elegant alternative to the hardware token. The service is listed as $1.45 per hour, per instance. No savings with that option!

Hi David, Thanks for posting this very encouraging information about your experience. What method did you choose for delivery? What documentation was required for your EV cert? Thanks!

Hi everyone, We are working on a couple of applications that have been in Delphi 10.2.3 for a few years and we are experiencing a new error that we have never seen from any version of Delphi in the past. There have been no changes to the IDE prior to the start of these errors. Each time we open a project or even try to create a new VCL forms application we get a stack overflow error. The dialog reads "Danger" and the error message reads: "Stack overflow - Save your work and restart Delphi 10.2". Any suggestions on what may be causing this error and how to fix this so we can get back to work would be very much appreciated. Thanks in advance for any help with this!

Thanks for the additional suggestions. It is very strange that no changes had been made when the stock overflow errors started. Some file may have become corrupted. It would be great if there were a better way to debug the problem rather than starting over and re-installing all the third-party components.

Thanks for the new suggestions. Sorry for my slow response. We tried the first option to start with a new user and we can create a new project without the stack overflow error. All of the third-party components are gone of course. Is it possible to copy over the configuration with all of the addons, etc. to the new user? Thanks!

Hi, Thanks for your quick response. The projects we are working on have not been ported from another IDE and have been working fine for years. Even creating a new project "File | New | VCL Form Application - Delphi " causes a Stack Overflow error. These errors are entirely new and without any obvious cause, as there have been no changes to the IDE or significant changes to the applications. Any suggestions for what might cause these errors would be welcome, even possible hardware causes.