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TIMOTHY_MANGAN
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Jul 17, 2020

Microsoft MSIX Packaging Tool does not notice timestamping issue (error 0x80096005)

Today the Comodoca timestamping service is experiencing an issue.  So if you are using them to sign packages from the command line the signtool command line indicates a failure of 0x80096005.   I...
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TIMOTHY_MANGAN
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Jul 20, 2020

TIMOTHY_MANGAN As a follow-up to anyone finding this post...

 

While the packaging tool should not hide the error and should be adjusted, the certificate vendor replied to my ticket with them with the following note. The ticketing system is routed through the company Sectigo, so perhaps there was an acquisition:

 

Thank you for contacting Sectigo Technical support.

 

Please use the following signtool command :

signtool.exe sign /f MyCert.pfx /p <PFX password> /tr http://timestamp.sectigo.com/rfc3161 /fd sha256 /td sha256 /as /v filename.exe

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    Chacon
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    Jul 21, 2020

    TIMOTHY_MANGAN 

    If the timestamping fails in any way, the tool should show a warning and sign without the timestamp. If you can share the logs from the packaging tool either here or by filing feedback it would help us to find what/where the problem was.

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