On Mar 17, 2012, at 11:14 AM, Gerriet M. Denkmann wrote: > The problem: The documentation about SMJobBless says: "The calling > application and target executable tool must both be signed." > > So it seems that new technologies require code signing. Makes sense. But: > where and how do I get a free certificate?
You can use a self-signed certificate, created in Keychain Access, for code signing. Prior to Mountain Lion, the only advantage of buying a cert from a known authority is for the firewall system preference "Automatically allow signed software to receive incoming connections" (which by the way is a really stupid preference, IMO). The disadvantage of such certs is that they usually expire relatively quickly, in one or two years. Mountain Lion changes the game a bit. It eliminates a lot of the advantage of 3rd party cert authorities, because only Apple's cert will allow your app to run, so if you're not going to get a cert from Apple (I don't think I can discuss the terms here), you might as well self-sign. -Jeff _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list ([email protected]) 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: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]
