Portable MassCert

Portable MassCert is an intuitive and easy to use tool intended to assist developers in applying digital certifications to their programs.

The resource is, essentially, useful for programmers and developers since it allows them to verify that digital content has not been modified. Anyone in the business of application certification will also benefit greatly from the batch-processing capabilities of this tool.

Portable MassCert sports a very easy-to-use GUI that relies almost solely on buttons. The program is streamlined for fast file-processing and, as such, there are essentially no menus, tabs or settings to adjust. This is a very nice feature since it allows users to focus strictly on the certification process!

For the program to run, one needs to have the Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) installed. The is required because the application relies on the “SignTool” component in order to create digital 'marks'.

The other notable requirement is the actual certificate. Users should note that the application does not come equipped with any default digital signature, and these have to be obtained prior to running the tool.

Once these prerequisites are solved, the only required user-input is related to the actual files to receive certification. This is where the real power of the tool is revealed, as it allows loading and processing multiple programs. Optionally, users can define a password, as well as enable timestamping (compliant with RFC 3161).

To sum up, Portable MassCert is a useful resource for developers that need to apply the same digital certificates to multiple applications.