Re: OS X 10.8 Security & Applescripts - "unidentified developer"
Re: OS X 10.8 Security & Applescripts - "unidentified developer"
- Subject: Re: OS X 10.8 Security & Applescripts - "unidentified developer"
- From: Alex Zavatone <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 19:40:34 -0400
On Aug 13, 2012, at 6:59 PM, Shane Stanley wrote:
> On 14/08/2012, at 6:41 AM, "Houston, Brad" <email@hidden> wrote:
>
>> Stepping back a moment from dealing with the problems associated with compliance with this new demand, can anyone tell me how this is a benefit to the world of scripting.
>
> It's not designed particularly for the "world of scripting". It's simply a way that a user can, if they wish, check that an application came from a potentially traceable source, and hasn't been tampered with by someone else in transit. In the case of non-script apps, code-signing itself has also been the basis of certain user conveniences when upgrading apps for several years.
>
>> If we don’t trust a script, and/or can’t evaluate what it will actually do, DON’T RUN IT.
>
> So how exactly do you evaluate what a script will do without running it?
If you don't have access to the source, you can't.
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