Unknown publisher / Signing standalone tomcat.exe

[millross]

Hi there,

Not sure if this is the best place to post this q, but here goes!

I have a standalone tomcat.exe that im using to Auto-Launch a website from a CD or DVD-ROM

If I run the tomcat.exe from my local machine, I get prompted with the "Open file - Security warning" dialog box, that states "The publisher could not be verified, Are you sure you want to run the software?" - Standard windows dialog for unsigned executable files I believe.

Now this is the interesting bit, as soon as I change my build.xml in order to alter some of the config settings - then I alter the tomcatLauncher.java class, again to change some configuration settings.

Once i've fiddled with the app, i use ANT to build/compile the thing

As soon as I've done that, I double click the exe and the Security dialog regarding the unknown publisher has disappeared - it no longer prompts me for this information.

What i'm looking for in an answer is WHAT has happened here? Because I built and compiled it using ANT, does that mean it's now signed in some way?

Ideally, I want the exe to be signed and set any values to my name, descriptions, titles, copyright, etc - im just not too sure what is happening.

Any advice, pointers appreciated.

Thanks

Matt

[Heather]

and... what is the problem if you sign?