[android-security-discuss] Re: Enterprise Security support

2009-10-28 Thread Alex Danvy
I might have missed something but it looks like Android is not an enterprise level phone yet. Security is a major concern for the enterprise. You have a nice browser, powerfull apps but can't connect to your enterprise network to get data. This is one of my main complaint about Android :

[android-security-discuss] Re: security enforcement

2009-10-28 Thread Machigar Ongtang
Dear Nga, Yes. Your understanding is correct. At runtime, the Activity Manager Service performs permission checking before binding the caller to the service. What actually happens is that the AMS looks for the ServiceRecord of the service being bound to. This record contains service information

[android-security-discuss] Re: How to install EAP TLS certificates for WiFi

2009-10-28 Thread klon
My g1 donut says file not found, when I typed file://sdcard/ certificatename.cer Maybe this works only on rooted phones? I also tried to open the .cer file from my university website (3G connection) still no luck - file cannot be downloaded, because it is not supported by the phone...:/ I think a

[android-security-discuss] No security mechanism to protect again reflection?

2009-10-28 Thread z
As you know you can easily load any classes using this api call //ask for the code of the foreign context to be included and to ignore any security given by the cross-process(owner) execution //in working-environment to error checking ... Context tmpCtxt =

[android-security-discuss] Re: No security mechanism to protect again reflection?

2009-10-28 Thread Chris Palmer
You can load and use the classes, but they will execute with the permission of your app, not of the app whose code you're borrowing. Or are you saying the code runs as the other app? Even if Android did stop app A from borrowing app B's code as found on the device, app A (or the developer of A)

[android-security-discuss] Re: No security mechanism to protect again reflection?

2009-10-28 Thread z
I am only interested in how to stop someone from loading my class and executes a function in it, let's say it's an encryption algorithm. On Oct 28, 3:38 pm, Chris Palmer snackypa...@gmail.com wrote: You can load and use the classes, but they will execute with the permission of your app, not of

[android-security-discuss] Re: Nov 2, Social Web Camp in Santa Clara

2009-10-28 Thread Chris Palmer
Best of luck to you; I'm all for web auth alternatives. However, I think you've got an uphill battle here. The usability concerns you raise and that your commenters raise are not ancillary to the key problem -- they *are* the key problem. The set of secure systems is a subset of the usable

[android-discuss] Re: Android 2.0 on G1

2009-10-28 Thread joexner
On Oct 27, 1:41 pm, Kevin Phillips alowis...@gmail.com wrote: Will Android 2.0 be supported on the T-Mobile G1? If not, I'm rooting ASAP. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Discuss group. To

[android-discuss] Re: Android 2.0 on G1

2009-10-28 Thread a genius
That's up to tmobile. If the question is more like is HTC DREAM hardware sufficient for Android 2.0, the answer is *yes*. On Oct 27, 1:41 pm, Kevin Phillips alowis...@gmail.com wrote: Will Android 2.0 be supported on the T-Mobile G1? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You

[android-discuss] Re: If you buy a phone with no service...

2009-10-28 Thread a genius
If you want to use it on any network besides tmobile, it must not be simlocked to tmobile. On Oct 26, 6:37 pm, Steeler cowboyd...@yahoo.com wrote: Sorry to bump this, but all the differing opinions here have still left me a little confused. Answers to these questions should clear things up:

[android-discuss] Re: Slashdot: Android / Windows 7 Dual Boot Netbook Disappoints

2009-10-28 Thread a genius
Fact is that android is for phones. Android is not trying to compete with a desktop wincrap7. If you want to run linux on your netbook, try any REAL linux distro, i.e. Fedora. On Oct 24, 3:20 am, blindfold seeingwithso...@gmail.com wrote: FYI

[android-discuss] An Android Halloween

2009-10-28 Thread NNikzad
The CSE department at UCSD had a Halloween themed social last week, including a nice little pumpkin carving competition. I decided to take this opportunity to show Android some love. My pumpkin:

[android-discuss] Run ARM application on Qualcomm 3G

2009-10-28 Thread nomain5111
can this be done? Can Snapdragon do this.. I have HTC Rose with Qualcomm processor and need to run ARM based application. is there a virtual machine for phones for things such as this? thanks in advance. Chris Glazier --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this

[android-discuss] Re: Android 2.0 on G1

2009-10-28 Thread arnouf
And with ADP1 ? On Oct 27, 8:08 pm, a genius droidhac...@gmail.com wrote: That's up to tmobile. If the question is more like is HTC DREAM hardware sufficient for Android 2.0, the answer is *yes*. On Oct 27, 1:41 pm, Kevin Phillips alowis...@gmail.com wrote: Will Android 2.0 be supported

[android-discuss] Re: Android 2.0 on G1

2009-10-28 Thread Al Sutton
The ADP1 is an HTC Dream so it's the same answer. Al. -- * Looking for Android Apps? - Try http://andappstore.com/ * == Funky Android Limited is registered in England Wales with the company number 6741909. The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not necessarily

[android-discuss] a plea for a market change!

2009-10-28 Thread schwiz
The market app in 1.6 sure does look spiffy but you guys missed something huge. Please for the love of god add a filter by developer type. I know I am not the only person who is sick of developers like M STAR LLC who spam the market daily with 20+ 'updates' We all know they haven't changed

[android-discuss] Re: First QVGA Android Phone — H TC Tattoo™ — on sale October 2009. Is your application r eady?

2009-10-28 Thread Al Sutton
Thanks for the tip, I talked to a Vodafone store and the only offered a 1 year 30 GBP per month contract (totally 360 GBP), so I've ordered one from Amazon.co.uk which comes with a free bluetooth earpiece for 276.64 GBP - http://bit.ly/3nzHC1 Al. -- * Looking for Android Apps? - Try

[android-discuss] Re: First QVGA Android Phone — H TC Tattoo™ — on sale October 2009. Is your application r eady?

2009-10-28 Thread ellipsoidmobile
Yeah - they tend to be reluctant to give up phones handset-only when they are new as obviously they prefer to sell them on more lucrative contracts. One store turned me down, but the other let me have it with a little persuasion. Sounds like you got a good Amazon deal though

[android-discuss] Re: Android 2.0 on G1

2009-10-28 Thread Al Sutton
For future versions I'm guessing that can only be answered when they're released. As for 2.0, that's already been answered in terms of compatibility, it's down to HTC Google whether or not it happens, and neither tend to comment on releases for specific devices on this list. Al. -- *

[android-discuss] Turn copy protection from on to off on market app?

2009-10-28 Thread admin.androidsl...@googlemail.com
Didn't this option used to be disabled on the developer console? I am thinking of switching from on to off for three reasons : - it seems to be stopping certain handsets from finding my app - it doubles the size of my app - it takes hackers approximately 5 seconds to break this copy protection

[android-discuss] Re: a plea for a market change!

2009-10-28 Thread Hong
i agree. too frequent updates should not be pushed on top. On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 9:02 AM, schwiz sch...@gmail.com wrote: The market app in 1.6 sure does look spiffy but you guys missed something huge. Please for the love of god add a filter by developer type. I know I am not the only