Information about the types of data or files that a MaaS360® administrator can include
or exclude from encryption.
Overview
The MaaS360 administrator can exclude certain
files from being encrypted when on-device data encryption is enabled
for a wrapped app.
encryptFiles parameter
Parameter options |
Description |
Values |
TRUE, FALSE |
Description |
This is a mandatory parameter to enforce encryption for an
enterprise app. Encryption is not enforced on a wrapped app if this
flag is set to FALSE, even if other flags are set. |
File restrictions |
The following files are excluded from encryption: nib, dat, version, storyboardc, log, xcdatamodelId, pb, xml, dcry,
and decm. |
excludedFileNames parameter
Parameter options |
Description |
Values |
Any legal file name. Supports wildcards (*) and multiple
file names that are separated by commas. |
Description |
This parameter excludes (from encryption) files that are
created at runtime that match a specified file name or name pattern. |
Example |
If a file name value is sam*.txt, the
files sample.txt, sampletest.txt,
and samplefile.txt are not encrypted. |
excludedFileTypes parameter
Parameter options |
Description |
Values |
Any file name extension, including multiple file extensions
separated by commas. |
Description |
This parameter excludes (from encryption) files that are
created at runtime that match a specified file type with a supported
file extension. |
Supported file types |
- Documents: This parameter supports the following file extensions
for documents: txt, doc, docx, xls, xlsx, ppt, pptx, htm, html, zip,
and pdf.
- Video or audio: This parameter supports the following file extensions
for video or audio files: m4v, mp4, mov (and
any other video or audio files that are directly supported by iOS).
- Images: This parameter supports the following file extensions
for images: bmp, png, jpg, tiff, gif, jpeg (and
any other image files that are directly supported by iOS).
|
Example |
The file type is set to txt. The wrapped
app downloads or creates a TXT file in either
the Documents or Downloads directory,
and then an XLSX file in the same directory.
The TXT file is plain text, and the XLSX file
is fully encrypted. |
staticResourceExcludedFileNames parameter
Parameter options |
Description |
Values |
Any legal file name. Supports wildcards (*) and multiple
file names that are separated by commas. |
Description |
This parameter excludes (from encryption) matching resource
files (such as documents or databases) that are inside the IPA bundle,
all of which are normally encrypted at the time of wrapping. |
Supported file extensions |
This parameter supports the following file extensions for
documents: txt, doc, docx, xls, xlsx, ppt, pptx, htm, html,
and pdf. |
Example |
If a file name value is sam*.txt, the
files sample.txt, sampletest.txt,
and samplefile.txt are not encrypted inside the
IPA resource bundle. |
staticResourceExcludedFileTypes parameter
Parameter options |
Description |
Values |
Any file name extension, including multiple file extensions
that are separated by commas. |
Description |
This parameter excludes (from encryption) matching resource
file types (such as documents or databases) that are inside the IPA
bundle, all of which are normally encrypted at the time of wrapping. |
Supported file extensions |
This parameter supports the following file extensions for
documents: txt, doc, docx, xls, xlsx, ppt, pptx, htm, html,
and pdf. |
Example |
The file type is set to txt. The wrapped
app bundle contains a TXT file and an HTM file
in the resources directory. The TXT file is plain
text, and the HTM file is fully encrypted. |
staticResourceIncludedImageNames parameter
Parameter options |
Description |
Values |
Any legal file name. Supports wildcards (*) and multiple
file names that are separated by commas. |
Description |
This parameter includes (encrypts) the matching image resource
files that are inside the IPA bundle, all of which normally remain
decrypted at the time of wrapping. |
Supported file extensions |
This parameter supports the following file extensions for
images: bmp, png, jpg, tiff, gif, jpeg (and
any other image files that are directly supported by iOS). |
Example |
If an image file name value is sam*.jpg,
the files sample.jpg, sampletest.jpg,
and samplefile.jpg are encrypted inside the IPA
resource bundle. |