APPropriate Behaviour
The book about all the things software writers do that aren't writing software.
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What Graham did next
There’s been quite a lot of reaction to this notice on Agant’s website, that Dave is taking the company back to a one-person shop. Indeed that means that I and all of my colleagues (except Dave) are now redundant. Sad … Continue reading
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On the top 5 iOS appsec issues
Nearly 13 months ago, the Intrepidus Group published their top 5 iPhone application development security issues. Two of them are valid issues, the other three they should perhaps have thought longer over. The good Sensitive data unprotected at rest Secure … Continue reading
Posted in buffer-overflow, code-level, Crypto, Data Leakage, Encryption, iPad, iPhone, ssl, Updates, user-error, Vulnerability
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Rumors of your runtime’s death are greatly exaggerated
This is supposed to be the week in which Apple killed Java and Flash on the Mac, but it isn’t. In fact, looking at recent history, Flash could be about to enter its healthiest period on the platform, but the … Continue reading
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Regaining your identity
In my last post, losing your identity, I pointed out an annoying problem with the Sparkle update framework, in that if you lose your private key you can no longer post any updates. Using code signing identities would offer a … Continue reading
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Losing your identity
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
