Apple Inc.

Robert J Kendall-Kuppe

Christopher S Linn

Keith Stattenfield

Simon P Cooper

Eric Brandon Tamura

Damien Pascal Sorresso

Jonathan M Grynspan

Julien Oster

Geoffrey McCormack

Enclosed herein are techniques for securely executing an application. A method can be implemented by an operating system of a computing device, where the computing device includes a file system volume that includes a first data structure, and the method includes the steps of (1) receiving a request to launch the application, where the request references an application archive file that includes a second data structure that: (i) defines an organization of a plurality of files associated with the application, and (ii) includes cryptographic information for verifying the plurality of files and the second data structure; (2) in response to receiving the request: determining whether the second data structure, the plurality of files, or both, are valid using the cryptographic information; and (3) in response to determining that the second data structure, the plurality of files, or both, are valid: associating the second data structure with the first data structure.

Techniques for managing software applications

In one embodiment, a software application that is downloaded from an untrusted source is marked, based on the untrusted classification of the source, to be translocated when the software application is launched. When the software application is launched it is translocated, through a mirroring file system, to a random mount point that is a partial bind mount to the real file system that stores the image of the software application (e.g. the image of the software application's bundle).

Application translocation

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San Jose, CA, United States of America

Robert J Kendall-Kuppe