On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 10:18 AM, Chunk 1978 <chunk1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> couldn't Apple implement > some sort of password protection or optional block on viewing package > contents with XCode so that apps are impossible to crack? Impossible to crack? I totally agree - they should also make it impossible for apps to crash, too! :-) Seriously, that's an impossibly tall order. There's just no way to make something impossible to crack (*or* crash for that matter, though you'll have a better chance at this than the cracking thing). The fact is, Apple ALREADY put a highly-effective* system into place: Code signing. http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Security/Conceptual/CodeSigningGuide/Introduction/chapter_1_section_1.html Caveat: This is supported only on 10.5 and above and is ignored on older systems (per the above-referenced page). To make good use of it, your app would need to simply *not work* on 10.4 and below. Not an issue for new products that would support only 10.5 or above, but worth pointing out nonetheless. * - "highly-effective" != "impossible to crack" -- I.S. _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
