Secure or hide scripts in an xcode application.

Scripting Forums AppleScript Studio & Xcode
#1

I am quite new to xcode applications, but have a little experience with applescript applications.

With applescript as you will all be aware you can create a run only application, end users cant easily decipher your code (passwords and usernames etc).

I am creating a xcode project using applescript, I am running several commands as “do shell script” with admin usernames and passwords. Obviously I dont want this to become common knowledge to the end users.

I have tried all sorts of solution, changing advanced ACL properties on the scripts folder within the “Show Package Folder”, creating a plist for the information and storing that is a secure area, but all to no avail.

Does anyone have any suggestions before I go down the route of encryption and possibly doubling the code I have already written!!

Many thanks in advance.

Tom

#2

Hi,

look at this (post #12) , I use it myself in one of my apps

#3

Thanks for the quick response!!

That looks a really good solution. So you recon the only option is to encrypt the password.

Seems crazy when this was built into applescript!

Thanks again.

#4

Blowfish is at least quite simple and very secure, regardless of the programming language.
I’m using an adapted version in OBjC, too