On Dec 30, 2009, at 11:59 AM, Mr. Gecko wrote: > This is basically for Parental Controls, I know I could ask for a password at > first, but then any kid could grab a copy and set their own password. What > I'm doing is I'm asking for them to authenticate with Mac OS X, and then once > they are authenticated, I'm allowing them to set settings that are encrypted > with a key in AES.
You might consider using Authorization Services for this, instead of rolling your own. See: http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/technotes/tn2002/tn2095.html It uses a parental-control mechanism as an example of one of the things that Authorization Services can be used for. Cheers, Ken _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com