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How To Sign Up

Step 1 - Enroll for your ACS Publisher ID

1. On the ACS for Symbian page, select the starter pack (ACS Publisher ID without Smartcard) and click Buy Now.
2. Complete and submit the enrollment form. You will receive an automated e-mail acknowledgement - you don't need to do anything with this. VeriSign Customer Support will process your order. If necessary, VeriSign may contact you to confirm your order information and/or for additional documentation such as Proof of Right (POR) documents. Note that the Organization Contact listed on your enrolment will be contacted by telephone for verifying your details. Please alert this person in order to expedite your certificate processing.

Step 2 - Pick up your ACS Publisher ID

1. Once your order is approved, you will receive an approval e-mail with instructions on how to pick up your ACS Publisher ID.  
    
   Important: Save this e-mail for future reference.
2. Go to the VeriSign Web site provided in your approval e-mail to pick up and install your Publisher ID.

Step 3 - Download and use Symbian Key Export Utility

1. The private key and certificate embedded on your IE browser key store need to be converted into a format that the Symbian MakeSIS tool can use. The Symbian Key Export Utility available here will enable this conversion.
2. Please read and accept the click through software license.
3. Download and run Symbian Key Export Utility to do this conversion. 
    
   Follow instructions below to do the key export:

1. Once you have downloaded the 'Symbian Key Export Tool'(vs_pkcs.zip), extract the contents and copy the vs_pkcs.exe executable and ReadMe.txt files to any folder.
2. From your IE browser, select your ACS publisherID cert. Tools -> Internet Options -> Content -> Certificates.
3. With the cert selected, click on 'Export' and follow the steps in the Certificate Export Wizard. Make sure you choose 'Yes, export the private key' option when asked 'Do you want to export the private key with the certificate?'
4. You can choose to enter a password to protect the private key or you can leave it blank.
5. Once you have exported successfully to a .pfx file, copy the file to the folder containing the downloaded vs_pkcs.exe executable and follow the instructions in the ReadMe.txt to create a .key and .cer file for use with the Symbian MakeSIS tool.

Step 4 - Sign your SIS files and send to Symbian testing lab

1. Use Symbian MakeSIS tool to sign your SIS files with your ACS Publisher ID. Make sure you sign the version of your application that you are sending to the Symbian testing lab. Note that if you make any changes to the signed file, it will be break the signature and you will need to sign it again with the ACS Publisher ID.
2. Follow Symbian instructions to send your signed SIS files to the Symbian testing lab.
3. Symbian testing lab will verify your signature and test them per Symbian testing and certification procedures. (Please contact Symbian directly for any questions on the testing or certification procedures).
4. Once the application passes the test requirements, Symbian testing lab will access the VeriSign Signing Account Manager portal and will re-sign your application using a single use ACS Content IDs that chains up to the Symbian Testing Based Root CA - the trust point embedded in Symbian-based devices.
5. The application is now certified and will be sent back to you by the Symbian testing lab. 
    
   Important:
• You can access the ACS Signing Account Manager only if you have a valid ACS Publisher ID. However, at this time, you will not be able to access the Symbian Testing Based Root signing service since this is restricted per Symbian requirements to the Symbian testing partner. You will get a message that tells you that you are not presently authorized to sign applications for this platform.
• Steps 1 -2 are one-time only until renewal after 1 year.