# Authenticode timestamping issue

**URL:** https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/authenticode-timestamping-issue/498
**Category:** Discussion
**Created:** [June 18, 2007, 4:43am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/authenticode-timestamping-issue/498 "2007-06-18T04:43:10Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![deleted\_user](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/user_avatar/www.finalbuilder.com/deleted_user/32/937_2.png) [@deleted\_user](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/deleted_user)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2007, 4:43am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/authenticode-timestamping-issue/498/1 "2007-06-18T04:43:10Z")

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Hi.

I'm now getting the following error when using the verisign timestamping service in my Authenticode action.

```
Error Timestamping file :ASN1 unexpected end of data
```

Has anyone seen this before and know what it means and where I should start looking to resolve it?

Yours worriedly, Paul Heinz

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### Author: ![angus](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@angus](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/angus)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2007, 5:24am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/authenticode-timestamping-issue/498/2 "2007-06-18T05:24:22Z")

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Hi Paul,   
  
We're getting the same thing on our build machines. Seems like the Verisign timestamp URL is inaccessible:   
  
http://timestamp.verisign.com/scripts/timstamp.dll   
  
We're investigating as well, so we'll let you know when we find a resolution.&nbsp; Hopefully it's just that the server is offline.  
  
Regards,   
  
Angus

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### Author: ![deleted\_user](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/user_avatar/www.finalbuilder.com/deleted_user/32/937_2.png) [@deleted\_user](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/deleted_user)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2007, 6:11am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/authenticode-timestamping-issue/498/3 "2007-06-18T06:11:17Z")

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Thanks a million for the feedback, Angus!

Yeah, it does seems to wait for ages and then timeout. "timed out contacting server" would be a much less scarier error message than "ASN1 unexpected end of data" :-)

Anyway, glad it's not just me \< phew !\>

I've got support emails into Verisign and Thawte (who we got the cert from and are owned by Verisign anyway) so if I get any form of support response, I'll post it here in case anyone else hits this.

Regards,

&nbsp; Paul.

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### Author: ![angus](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@angus](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/angus)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2007, 8:50am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/authenticode-timestamping-issue/498/4 "2007-06-18T08:50:49Z")

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Seems like the server is back up (I used an Authenticode action with “Retry Attempts” set to 1000 and a one-minute inter-attempt delay to find out when it became available again!)

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### Author: ![angus](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@angus](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/angus)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2007, 1:21am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/authenticode-timestamping-issue/498/5 "2007-06-19T01:21:50Z")

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Hmm… it actually failed again yesterday but seems to be solid again now…