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Is the Verisign Timestamp server down?


I was trying to build my setup scripts with Inno Setup these past two days (1 & 2 Jan 2021) and the digital signing was failing. So I contacted Verisign via email and await their response.


Solution

  • I received an official response from Verisign this afternoon (on 2 Jan 2021):

    Thank you for contacting Verisign Support.

    This server was deprecated after our authentication services were sold to Symantec, which is now Digicert. You can find a list of free timestamp servers online or theirs is now at http://timestamp.digicert.com.

    If you have additional questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

    So the http://timestamp.verisign.com timestamp server is no more.

    At the moment I know of the following alternatives (in addition to Digicert above) which work well:

    • http://timestamp.comodoca.com/authenticode
    • http://timestamp.globalsign.com/scripts/timestamp.dll
    • http://tsa.starfieldtech.com