App rejected - safty complain

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ralfkammel

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I have written a small progam for my company, showing some animation of
products and system videos.

The IT department is complaining about the safety of my application.

"Who knows if the compiler has installed a backdoor in the java application."

My app was rejected because the java code can not be viewed, even if no one can read java in my company.

The app should work on the tabs of the sales reps. But now no more.

What can I do?

Greetings from Düsseldorf, Germany :BangHead:

Ralf
 
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mc73

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I don't get it. How on earth are they checking for backdoors in so many else commercial apps? Anyway, you can always supply the reverse engineered code, if they are not satisfied with the java code located at your /objects/src/ subfolder.
 
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Roger Garstang

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Must be a bunch of iSheep. You can see the Java in the Object folder. Any other libraries used will need to be decompiled or something to see it unless source is posted. Erel has posted much of his source on here too. Android is still permission based, so it would be asking for permission for a "backdoor".

For that matter, the OS on most smartphones has some or all of it closed source too...especially iPhones. How do they see source to know anything is 100% secure?
 
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wheretheidivides

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I've wondered the same thing. B4A COULD put anything on if they wanted. Sounds like your company is stepping up security. Is it military, government or a big corporation?

BTW: Russia's government computers require Microsoft to supply the code to windows and then they compile it themselves. They are concerned about backdoor, hacking and such.
 
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ralfkammel

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we are an international company in central lubrication based in us, germany france, england, ireland an china...
 
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ralfkammel said:
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we are an international company in central lubrication based in us, germany france, england, ireland an china...
Click to expand...

Then I agree with the corp that came up with this. They have a lot to loose and are not willing to implement something without know what it is. They are just doing what is needed to protect their company.

Try getting them the Java code and see if that's OK and also supply them with the basic code. printed out of course.
 
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Roger Garstang

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Hmm. I'm going to have to send Microsoft a letter then saying I'm securing my home and want source code to Windows. I know they were forced to remove Easter Eggs and "undocumented" code a while back, but didn't know it went that far. I guess before too long we will just go back to interpretive compilers and all that we sell is source code that people will run. I'm surprised there aren't more companies running Linux and other Open Source things. As much as an OS is updated you'd be recompiling and reinstalling all day long.
 
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