SECURING A CONNECTION APPLICATION FOR DISTRIBUTION

摘要

A method and system is provided to secure a connection application in a multi-party access environment including a plurality of service providers. The method includes generating a customized connection application (2502), and cryptographically signing the customized connection application (2504), the customized connection application being for installation on a client machine (2508). In certain embodiments, the customized connection application is in the form of a self-extracting executable to automatically install the connection application on the client machine (2508). The customized connection application may be signed (2504) using Authenticode technology.