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ExpansionCards
Reference designs and documentation to create Expansion Cards for the Framework Laptop
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InfluxDB
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macOSLAPS
Swift binary that will change a local administrator password to a random generated password. Similar behavior to LAPS for Windows
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CocoaLumberjack
A fast & simple, yet powerful & flexible logging framework for macOS, iOS, tvOS and watchOS
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The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives.
Hence, a higher number means a better santa alternative or higher similarity.
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NoTunes is a macOS application that will prevent Apple Music from launching
Ah, this is a nice find! I've used Santa[1] to accomplish this with a silent block, which always felt like overkill when I was using it for solely that purpose.
1. https://github.com/google/santa
- Santa: A binary authorization and monitoring system for macOS
- Linux being secure is a common misconception
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Unable to install ruby due to google santa
For anyone wondering: https://github.com/google/santa
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Reporting on new installed applications
Have you looked at SANTA?
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Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Google They Are Not Willing to Fix
Not directly relevant but interesting...
https://github.com/google/santa
This is a product developed by Google that has at least been utilized internally to some extent. It's not perfect, but my previous company used it and it does prevent unexpected unknown code from running in the background.
What it does not do is prevent someone from intentionally downloading and executing a library unless the upvoter actually comes to some demand that you do so. I found that it quickly became a bit of a "alert fatigue" where you approve things your coworkers send you so they can get back to work without properly vetting.
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is it possible to see what account made changes to the system?
If you really want to get draconian with your controls/logging have a look into https://github.com/google/santa
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MacOS + MDM Policies (Privacy, Notifications, Native Apps)
Is your company open to adopting open source tooling? There is a tool called Santa that could be used to block binaries from executing.
- Possible to restrict which applications a user can install/execute?
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On Oct 24th Apple will release macOS Ventura - Are you ready?
you may like https://github.com/google/santa
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google/santa is an open source project licensed under Apache License 2.0 which is an OSI approved license.
The primary programming language of santa is Objective-C++.
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