zalmoxes
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I write everything with Go, and learning Elm.
https://groob.io/
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Comment · 7 years ago
I'm neither an employee nor a customer, just someone who was following the project on twitter because it looked very intriguing. I just want to say that the comments on this thread are absolutely ridiculous and I expected better. Does anyone actually think the customers would find out at the last minute? That the company would leave its users without any support? It's baseless speculation and my guess is it's totally wrong.
- The company is founded by Blake Mizerany https://twitter.com/bmizerany?lang=en an engineer known for Sinatra and a bunch of other well respected projects.
- The users adopting an early stage startup's product are likely friends/former colleagues who are putting personal trust into the team. Does anyone really think nobody got a heads up, or possible support deals while they migrate?
Second, Backplane really looked like great tech https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43wFJBRTHG0
Comment · 8 years ago
You must buy your devices through the enterprise store, and then it is automatically linked to DEP.
Any idea why Apple does not provide a service to test whether a device serial number is DEP-managed?
Because once you know the serial number of a DEP device you can enroll into the MDM. There is virtually no security. See https://duo.com/labs/research/mdm-me-maybe
Comment · 8 years ago
they should be the same, yes. You can compare the .mobileconfig file with the spec from the PDF.
That's all commercial vendors do, push these XML files to your device.
Comment · 8 years ago
Anyone can use DEP, just need a DUNS number to enroll into the program, and then to purchase devices from apple direct, or from an approved reseller.
Unfortunately you cannot retroactively add devices that were already purchased.
DEP is not required for the VPN profile configs, that can be applied with just MDM (or even manually). The VPN payloads are documented here https://developer.apple.com/enterprise/documentation/Configu...
Comment · 8 years ago
MDM push notifications require to be signed by a special certificate, which is only available upon request.
Comment · 8 years ago
Hi, I'm the author(along with several other developers).
MicroMDM is used in some enterprise environments and was recently mentioned in a number of security presentations regarding Apple's MDM and Device Enrollment Program services.
https://duo.com/labs/research/mdm-me-maybe https://i.blackhat.com/us-18/Thu-August-9/us-18-Endahl-A-Dee...
Comment · 8 years ago
The server is only meant for enterprise deployments. It would be pretty hard to do this on a personal level because you need to apply for an enterprise account with Apple, and request a very specific push certificate option.
Comment · 8 years ago
At [Kolide](https://kolide.com/) we're heavy users of Go Kit, and as a result have also adopted a lot of the style Peter recommends here. We've been slowly expanding on it with a style guide and company specific set of common libraries [here](https://github.com/kolide/kit#kolide-kit). My coworker also wrote a [blog post](https://blog.kolide.com/using-go-for-scalable-operating-syst...) on how Go has been fantastic for us and references the above style guide.
The code from go kit and [oklog](https://github.com/oklog/oklog) are great examples of idiomatic Go. Unfortunately the community at large doesn't really follow the "no init"/"no package global vars", which can sometimes lead to bad experiences importing opensource Go libs.
Comment · 8 years ago
RIP
I have a few services which were using Go’s acme/autocert package. I now need to update them to the HTTP challenge.
Comment · 8 years ago
As a makefile pragmatist (they’re awful but easy to get started with/most know them) I’m debating between mage and Bazel.
I like mage because it would eliminate a lot of make and bash silliness, but I also want to get into Bazel because of all the things it promises.
Comment · 9 years ago
Francesc Campoy’s Just for Func series is much better https://m.youtube.com/watch?t=420s&v=mTd3hHUy9OU
Also by a Google engineer and using Google Cloud products, but it’s actually a lot of fun to watch.
Comment · 9 years ago
Yes that's true. But Docker did popularize it, at least that's how I initially read about it.
It's exciting to see that TUF is now a CNCF project.