Application Install Files Encrypted#
In order to protect the trustworthiness of applications shipped for the platform, all application installers are encrypted files. The strong 2048-bit key needed to decrypt these are shipped with the platform and is different from the per-machine unique keys used for other encryption tasks. This key will only decrypt applications encrypted specifically with the unique key owned by VOSS. The system will refuse to install any application that is not encrypted or encrypted with a different key.
This ensures that only valid, untampered copies of genuine VOSS-released applications can be installed on the system.