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Apple: Mac apps must be sandboxed
« on: November 03, 2011, 21:19 »
Apple is cranking up security for its computers by making sandboxing compulsory for all apps sold in the Mac App Store.

The rule was set to come into force this month, but in a message sent to developers the company said the rule would now come into effect next March.

“The vast majority of Mac users have been free from malware and we're working on technologies to help keep it that way,” the company said. "As of 1 March 2012 all apps submitted to the Mac App Store must implement sandboxing.”

The company said sandboxing – where code runs in isolation to protect other applications – was a “way to protect systems and users by limiting the resources apps can access and making it more difficult for malicious software to compromise users' systems”.

However, given Apple's perceived heavy-handed approach to developers in the past, app creators are concerned that the sandbox innovation could be forced upon them with little flexibility and could inhibit development.

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/security/370924/apple-mac-apps-must-be-sandboxed
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Re: Apple: Mac apps must be sandboxed
« Reply #1 on: November 04, 2011, 10:06 »
Apple are sandbagging the developers then?  ;)
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Re: Apple: Mac apps must be sandboxed
« Reply #2 on: November 04, 2011, 10:42 »
I thought sandboxes were places for small children to play  :dunno: .
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Re: Apple: Mac apps must be sandboxed
« Reply #3 on: November 04, 2011, 10:44 »
And small computer programs. :)
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Re: Apple: Mac apps must be sandboxed
« Reply #4 on: November 04, 2011, 12:23 »
I have to admit, I don't understand the concept.  :dunno:
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Re: Apple: Mac apps must be sandboxed
« Reply #5 on: November 04, 2011, 12:29 »
Basically, it's kept apart from everything else in the machine, so it can interfere with other apps or corrupt memory.
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Re: Apple: Mac apps must be sandboxed
« Reply #6 on: November 04, 2011, 13:29 »
Makes sense, I guess. 
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