On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 11:46 AM, Jean-Daniel Dupas
<devli...@shadowlab.org> wrote:

> The purpose of code sign is to prevent tempered code to be run inadvertently 
> by an user, not to protect the binary itself.

  Agreed - see my retraction that immediately follows the message you
responded to. I misunderstood what I read about the technology months
ago and conceptual error when I read in more detail.

  I do admit wondering how OS X prevented merely swapping one
signature for another, which is what prompted me to read the
documentation in greater depth. :-)


> Note that there is a lots of app impossible to crack. We call them freeware
> ;-)

  Ah, the old "software should be free" meme. Cute but unrealistic
(and off-topic). Let's not get that religious debate going on
cocoa-dev ...

--
I.S.
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