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Questions - macos-system-extension

VPN System Extension blocked even though it's notarized, requires user open macOS System Preferences. Is it b/c the app is not on the mac AppStore?

I have an application that we're developing that provides VPN System Extension for macOS. I have successfully built, signed and notarized the app. When we install the package the user sees this popup:...
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spartygw

macos

app-store

notarize

macos-system-extension

macos-app-extension

Votes: 0

Answers: 1

Latest Answer

As far as I'm aware, VPNs implemented via the NetworkExtension Framework don't necessarily need to be installed as System Extensions. This is probably the distinction you're running into. You can chec...
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pmdj

Is it possible to read/write another process' memory using the new Apple Endpoint Security Framework?

With kexts we could to vm_read/vm_write, is there a similar way for Endpoint Security?
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Toma

macos

kernel-extension

macos-system-extension

Votes: 0

Answers: 1

Latest Answer

No, you cannot generally obtain other processes' task ports in an Endpoint Security system extension, so while the API exists (mach_vm_read() etc.) you can typically only obtain the task port for chil...
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pmdj

MacOS PCI dext: scatter-gather DMA to application buffer

I am porting a MacOS PCI driver written with IOKit to the new PCIDriverKit framework. I am able to perform DMA with a contiguous buffer allocated inside the dext (with IOBufferMemoryDescriptor::Create...
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Philippe Cornet

macos

device-driver

iokit

driverkit

macos-system-extension

Votes: 0

Answers: 1

Latest Answer

It's not quite the same question as yours, but in my answer to it I go into some detail on memory descriptors in DriverKit extensions. Basically, in DriverKit you can only access user space memory tha...
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pmdj

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