Secure Software Install Tools Overview

Components

• MaKeKeys is a stand-alone tool that enables you to create a private key-public key pair and generate certificate requests.

• The SWI Analysis Toolkit provides command-line tools that enable you to:

  • extract information from software install registry entries

  • extract certificate and its corresponding capabilities from SWIcerstore

  • validate certificate chains and extract capability details associated with a SIS file.

• Secure Software Install SIS Tools are command-line tools that enable you to create, sign, decompile, preinstall and uninstall SIS files.

Using Secure Software Install Tools

You can use this collection to perform the following tasks:

• Create an installation file (SIS)

  You can create and sign an installation file. For more information, see Creating and Signing an Installation File.

• Preinstall a SIS file

  Device creators can preinstall packages on a device system drive or an external media card. For more information, see Preinstalling Packages.

• Extract certificate information from SWIcertstore

  You can extract information about certificates and their corresponding capabilities. For more information, see DumpSWICertstoreTool.

• Extract information from a Software Install Registry Entry

  You can extract information such as package UID, package name and vendor name from a registry entry. For more information, see DumpSWIRegistryTool .