Re: SSCrypto Framework

2008-06-20 Thread Jens Alfke
On 20 Jun '08, at 8:45 AM, Trygve Inda wrote: I would embed a public key in my app and encrypt a data file on our site that the software needs to download periodically. This is mostly to ensure that file can not be modified or substituted except by us. A good way to do this would be to us

Re: SSCrypto Framework

2008-06-20 Thread Trygve Inda
> There would be a couple of ways that you could do it... you could > place your certificate in the System keychain and then add it so that > it can be read by your application anytime. This should work okay and > if you do this during installation, the user should only have to > authenticate then.

Re: SSCrypto Framework

2008-06-20 Thread Jason Coco
There would be a couple of ways that you could do it... you could place your certificate in the System keychain and then add it so that it can be read by your application anytime. This should work okay and if you do this during installation, the user should only have to authenticate then. B

Re: SSCrypto Framework

2008-06-20 Thread Trygve Inda
> Yeah, I understand that... you don't need to actually buy a > certificate for that. You can just install your certificate that you > generate yourself and then use it internally to check the integrity of > your data files or whatever else you'd like to do with it. > How would I go about doing t

Re: SSCrypto Framework

2008-06-20 Thread Joel Norvell
Dear Trygve, Another resource is Wade Tregaskis' Keychain Framework, which I've used. I've just taken a cursory glance at the SSCrypto Framework and they seem to overlap. Keychain seems more extensive, but the SSCrypto API does look very clean, as far as it goes. Sincer

Re: SSCrypto Framework

2008-06-20 Thread Jason Coco
Yeah, I understand that... you don't need to actually buy a certificate for that. You can just install your certificate that you generate yourself and then use it internally to check the integrity of your data files or whatever else you'd like to do with it. On Jun 20, 2008, at 12:04 , Tryg

Re: SSCrypto Framework

2008-06-20 Thread Trygve Inda
> You could use the keychain for this... I think it would be the easiest > way to support your application. Either install your certificate into > the system keychain or provide a keychain file that your application > accesses exclusively. Except I don't want to buy a certificate - rather I just n

Re: SSCrypto Framework

2008-06-20 Thread Jason Coco
considering using the SSCrypto Framework: http://septicus.com/products/opensource/ I would embed a public key in my app and encrypt a data file on our site that the software needs to download periodically. This is mostly to ensure that file can not be modified or substituted except by us. Has

SSCrypto Framework

2008-06-20 Thread Trygve Inda
I am considering using the SSCrypto Framework: http://septicus.com/products/opensource/ I would embed a public key in my app and encrypt a data file on our site that the software needs to download periodically. This is mostly to ensure that file can not be modified or substituted except by us