The tech press reports that the default is to "medium" i.e. applications downloaded from the mac app store and from identified developers (that is signed applications) are allowed to run.
/Jens Axel 2012/2/21 Robby Findler <ro...@eecs.northwestern.edu> > I'm hoping that there will be some backlash from this and we'll not > actually see a high setting being the default in 10.8 .... > > Robby > > On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 3:56 PM, John Clements > <cleme...@brinckerhoff.org> wrote: > > In a move that I find not even slightly surprising, the new Apple > operating system (10.8, out soon?) includes new features that make it > harder for developers to deploy their code on user machines. > > > > http://tidbits.com/article/12795 > > > > Specifically, the technology is called "Gatekeeper", and it allows users > to choose between various levels of security. At the highest level, you > can choose to run only programs distributed through Apple's "App Store." > Bleah. There is also a next level down, though, that runs any program that > has acquired a signing certificate from Apple. It's free... if you're a > member of Apple's developer program, which appears to currently be $99/year. > > > > I'm also curious/worried about what the terms of the agreement are; as > with any development environment, Racket can *certainly* be used to run > ill-behaved programs; if acquiring the certificate means signing something > accepting legal liability for harm done by users of the application, Racket > is a non-starter. > > > > Anyhow, just something else to be aware of. > > > > John > > > > > > _________________________ > > Racket Developers list: > > http://lists.racket-lang.org/dev > > > > _________________________ > Racket Developers list: > http://lists.racket-lang.org/dev > -- -- Jens Axel Søgaard
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