DSUtils 2

From Bohemia Interactive Community
Revision as of 11:20, 29 April 2011 by Maruk (talk | contribs)
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Basic information

Author:
Bohemia Interactive
Compatibility:
Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead
Download:
TBD

Description

Description:
DSUtils 2 contains all tools needed for signing Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead content.
Notes:
====DSCreateKey / DSCheckSignatures ver 2==== Copyright (c) 2007–2011 Bohemia Interactive a.s. All rights reserved. For more information about ArmA digital signatures system please visit http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Armed_Assault:_Addon_Signatures This tool is released for addon makers in order to allow them to generate their own digital signatures (private and public keys) to be used for signing data packages for Arma 2 / Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead.

DSCreateKey

Usage: DSCreateKey 

It will generate private and public keys (authorityname.biprivatekey authorityname.bikey ).

Authority name is the name of signing authority, usually the author of addons to be signed. Using TAG is recommended practice. The name itself serves only to identify the group.

IMPORTANT: Make sure to protect your private key well. Only public keys can be distributed with your content to public.

DSCheckSignatures

Usage: DSCheckSignatures 

The utility will verify if all files in the given directory are signed by one of keys from the keys directory.

DSSignFile

Usage: dsSignFile private_key_filename file_to_sign_filename

The utility will generate signature for file using given private key.

Signatures On Game Servers

It is recommended to configure game server to require version 2 signatures using server.cfg:

verifySignatures = 2; //1 = sigVer1 allowed, 2 = at least sigVer2 needed

Usage

Licenses

Licensing:
Bohemia Interactive End User License Agreement
See also:
Armed Assault: Addon Signatures