Re: Encrypting data in a Core Data SQL store for a Mac desktop app
Re: Encrypting data in a Core Data SQL store for a Mac desktop app
- Subject: Re: Encrypting data in a Core Data SQL store for a Mac desktop app
- From: Charlie Dickman <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2010 16:08:22 -0400
I'm entering this thread late I know and for what it's worth this may be inappropriate for what you're trying to do ...
There's an encryption framework available for free from Aquatic Prime (http://aquaticmac.com/) that is intended to manage registration keys but there's no reason I can see why it couldn't be used to protect data in general.
I have used it to encrypt data within an app bundle that I don't want to be in clear text in the bundle resource (puzzle solutions). When a key is provided the app decrypts the data to read it into the program as binary data and use it.
On Jul 18, 2010, at 3:27 PM, Dave Carrigan wrote:
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> On Jul 18, 2010, at 11:25 AM, Jerry Krinock wrote:
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>> Why does the iPhone information you found not apply to Mac apps?
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> Because iOS 4 offers the Data Protection feature that is not available on Mac OS.
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> As far as I know, there is no equivalent for Mac OS. You can try to roll your own encryption, but it's not very easy. Notably, how you handle the encryption key is going to be susceptible to many kinds of attacks.
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> Dave Carrigan
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