Application Transport Security deadline for iOS apps

[Peter TB Brett]

Hi all,

Many LiveCode developers currently disable (Application Transport 
Security) ATS when deploying to iOS in order to access web resources 
over insecure HTTP, rather than HTTPS

Apple will be requiring ATS for all iOS apps submitted to the app store 
from the beginning of 2017.  At that point, we will remove the option to 
disable it from the standalone builder.

If you distribute an iOS app and currently depend on disabling ATS, then 
you will need to take action.

By the end of 2016, you will need to make sure that all of the servers 
that your app needs to communicate with have valid SSL certificates and 
can be accessed over HTTPS.  The "Let's Encrypt" project may be useful. 
https://letsencrypt.org/

                                         Peter

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Dr Peter Brett <peter.brett at livecode.com>
LiveCode Technical Project Manager

LiveCode 2016 Conference: https://livecode.com/edinburgh-2016/