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For my Windows-based application, I would like to use ClickOnce as the deployment technology. My application will be distributed via the Internet. In the article ClickOnce and Authenticode , I read that: For ClickOnce applications, you must have an Authenticode certificate that is valid for code signing. You can obtain a certificate for code signing in one of three ways: Purchase one from a certificate vendor. Receive one from a group in your organization responsible for creating digital certificates. Generate your own certificate with MakeCert.exe, which is included with the Windows Software Development Kit (SDK). In my case, number 2 is not applicable. As I read a few rows later: By default, ClickOnce applications signed with self-certs and deployed over the Internet cannot utilize Trusted Application Deployment. (Emphasis mine.) I cannot understand the meaning of this by default . Is the option #3 possible or not in my case? And then, to understand all the possibilities, what does the #1 imply ? ("Purchase one from a certificate vendor") What kind of certificate should I buy? Which certificate authority can be recommended? Depending on what I should choose? How much does a certificate cost?

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