ownCloud 9.0 to Offer You a Safer Home for All Your Data, Thanks to Code Signing

Posted by hanuca on Mar 2, 2016 10:26 AM EDT
Softpedia; By Marius Nestor
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The ownCloud 9.0 self-hosting cloud server will be officially released in the coming weeks with numerous new features, some of which we have revealed here during the past few months.

The main reason behind the implementation of code signing in ownCloud is to provide users with a more reliable upgrade process, as well as an extra layer of security for their self-hosting cloud server installation, but it's also an important step towards more secure application delivery.

It is a known fact that installing ownCloud apps could modify some of the installation file on the server because they're not fully sandboxed. Follow the code signing steps to cryptographically sign the applications and verify them during installation and execution.

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