The default security setting in OS X is "Allow apps downloaded from Mac App Store and identified developers." Only if a user has changed it will it allow apps only from the Mac App Store. I suspect very few users do this.
I am a registered Mac developer and I code sign each build of BOINC using the certificate Apple has provided me. So OS X will download and install it unless the user has changed the security setting to the more restrictive one. The Apple-provided code signature assures that OS X will refuse to install it if the code has been modified in any way. And if there were any malware in our distributed code, Apple would revoke the certificate I use for signing. Cheers, --Charlie -- Charlie Fenton [email protected] BOINC / SETI@home Macintosh & Windows Programmer Space Sciences Laboratory UC Berkeley On May 23, 2016, at 1:00 AM, David Anderson <[email protected]> wrote: > It would be great to have BOINC in the App Store. > However, there are items in Apple's "Review Guidelines" > that would seem to preclude BOINC: > > 2.15 Apps must be self-contained, single application installation bundles, > and cannot install code or resources in shared locations > 2.16 Apps that download or install additional code or resources to add > functionality or change their primary purpose will be rejected > 2.17 Apps that download other standalone Apps will be rejected > > See https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/mac/#functionality > > It's possible that Apple would relax these rules in our case. > If anyone wants to initiate a dialog with them, please go ahead. > > -- David > > On 5/23/2016 12:46 AM, [email protected] wrote: >> hello, >> thank you for your wonderful software. I want to ask if it is possible to >> provide this software through the Apple App store? The reason that I ask is >> because OS X provides an option for security to download software only >> through the App Store to prevent malware from being installed into the OS X >> operating system. I have read that some opensource software has been >> compromised by malware such as the Transmission bittorrent client. I presume >> that Apple does some additional security checks before releasing apps >> through the App Store. Are there copyright or patent issues or financial >> reasons that prevent you from doing this? thanks for your time and your >> efforts developing this software. >> joe >> The attachment to this e-mail as well as the content of the email itself may >> be privileged, proprietary or confidential. Do not open it. It is intended >> only for the e-mail recipient noted above. If you are not the >> intended recipient or a person responsible for delivering this transmission >> to the intended recipient, you may not disclose, copy or distribute this >> transmission or take any action in reliance on it. > > _______________________________________________ > boinc_projects mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_projects > To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and > (near bottom of page) enter your email address. > _______________________________________________ boinc_dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and (near bottom of page) enter your email address.
