Category Archives: Mac

Losing your identity

Posted on 2010-04-04 by Graham

Developers make use of cryptographic signatures in multiple places in the software lifecycle. No iPad or iPhone application may be distributed without having been signed by the developer. Mac developers who sign their applications get to annoy their customers much … Continue reading →

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Integrating SSH with the keychain on Snow Leopard

Posted on 2010-03-08 by Graham

Not much movement has occurred on projects like SSHKeychain.app or SSHAgent.app in the last couple of years. The reason is that it’s not necessary to use them these days; you can get all of the convenience of keychain-stored SSH passphrases … Continue reading →

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More NSConf code signing fun

Posted on 2010-02-21 by Graham

I’ll be talking at the US NSConference on Tuesday, with an extended version of my talk on code signing. I’ll cover how it works, what it does, what it doesn’t do, and what it should do. Importantly, there are still … Continue reading →

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iPh0wnage

Posted on 2010-02-15 by Graham

I just reviewed a blog post I wrote for Graham Cluley a while back, in which I looked at the impact a common vulnerability on the iPhone and Mac would have. I think in the run-up to the iPad’s release, … Continue reading →

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