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Why do installer packages expire, but apps don’t? Signing certificate and notarization oddities

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App signatures remain valid forever, but Installer packages are different, and their certificates can and do expire. What about notarization though?

February 8, 2022 Macs, Technology

Will changes to notarization make any difference?

WWDC this year again featured a session on notarization. Here’s a summary of its status in Big Sur, and details of what’s next.

June 24, 2021 Macs, Technology

Notarization: the hardened runtime

Second in the series. Considers in detail what the hardened environment offers the user, and how notarized apps can opt out of its protection.

January 7, 2021 Macs, Technology

Notarization: is a notarized app ‘safe’ to use?

First of three articles looking in detail at what notarization involves, and the benefits it might have to users. Considers the question of legacy apps.

January 5, 2021 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Has notarization burned?

Just over a week ago, security experts discovered the first macOS malware which has been notarized. Doesn’t that make Apple’s security worthless?

September 6, 2020 Macs, Technology

How notarization works

How developers get their software notarized, and how that works when you try to run it on your Mac.

August 28, 2020 Macs, Technology

A user’s guide to code signatures and notarization

Where can you see code signatures and notarization tickets, and how can you check them?

May 27, 2020 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Nobbled and hobbled by notarization

Who’s been ghost notarizing other people’s apps, and is Catalina wasting time to check whether shell scripts are notarized?

May 24, 2020 Uncategorized

Hardening and notarization finally arrive in Catalina

One of the last of Catalina’s promised features, hardening and notarization become fully mandatory for all new apps from today.

February 3, 2020 Macs, Technology

Catalina 10.15.2 has changed Gatekeeper’s dialogs to confuse notarization status

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What’s changed in 10.15.2? One of Gatekeeper’s most important dialogs, which now suggests that notarized apps haven’t been notarized at all.

December 15, 2019 Macs, Technology

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