How to Secure ActiveX control?

[liorlankril]

I wrote an ActiveX (I use VB 6).

I want to make it secure. I know I need to sign it but I need to know how to do it:

1) Do I need Digital Signatures or Digital Certification?

2) After I get one the Sign tools. How do I sign the code ???

 

[BobRodes]

Signing an ActiveX object has nothing to do with securing it! All it does is tells the world that you, liorlankril, say that this control can be trusted to be downloaded in the prospective client's environment. You could still be lying, too, and the fact that it is signed doesn't change that. Just makes you a bit easier to find.

But, you're not asking about that, you're asking how to make your control secure. If you want to prevent people from using your control in their applications without your permission, then you'll want to investigate the License Package Tool, lpk_tool.exe. This is an optional install from the Visual Studio disks. For more information, consult

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/workshop/components/activex/licensing.asp.

HTH

Bob