Signtool SignerSign() Error (-1073700864/0xc000a000)

Question

where can i find the meaning of this error for the program SignTool.exe?

"Error: SignerSign() failed." (-1073700864/0xc000a000)

I have been getting this error randomly for a few days when calling the command

signtool.exe sign /debug /a /tr http://tsa.starfieldtech.com /td SHA256 MyDll.dll

Thanks.

Answer 1

Even I was facing same problem during jenkins build. The problem got resolved by adding seconds delay before you sign the next binary.

ping 127.0.0.1 -n 16 > nul

Answer 2

Same issue occurred using a godaddy code singing certificate to sign a msi installer.

/tr specifies the URL of the RFC 3161 time stamp server.

Changing the url from http://tsa.starfieldtech.com to http://timestamp.digicert.com solves the problem.

signtool.exe sign /debug /a /tr http://timestamp.digicert.com /td SHA256 MyDll.dll