Firstly, I want to keep my GUI app available for download on the Mac App Store, which means I need to provide the Endpoint Security functionality in some other executable, such as a daemon.
I'm going to use a User Agent for user-aware background processing.
Instead of the typical use of adding an Endpoint Security system extension to a macOS app, could I instead add the sysex to my User Agent bundle?
I like the benefits of coupling the sysex to the client that will interact with it, and this would also allow me to not have to worry about managing a daemon. I could simply provide the User Agent in a downloadable installer signed with my Developer ID certificate.
I can’t really comment on the App Review side of this.
At a technical level, you can create an ES client in two ways:
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By embedding an ES system extension in a GUI app
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By calling the API directly from a
launchddaemon
In the second case, you can install that daemon in all the usual ways. A lot of folks use an installer package for that.
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