2 posts tagged ‘Network Extensions’
Sequoia Network Extension Memory Leak
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Norbert Heger: Unfortunately that’s another new bug in the Network Extension framework of macOS. It’s a memory leak in Apple’s framework, which developers must use to create a firewall for the Mac. This bug first occurred in macOS 15.0 Sequoia. […] On macOS 14 Sonoma you may get a hand full of leaks with a […]
macOS 15.1 Firewall Breaks Third-Party Firewalls
Norbert Heger: Apple’s built-in firewall is causing troubles when used together with third-party firewalls that are based on Apple’s Network Extension framework (which is actually the only way for third-party developers to create such firewall products for the Mac). While one of the issues related to DNS lookups has been fixed in macOS 15.1, a […]