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Assistance with managing extensions on Mac OS

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Tyler Kozlofski
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Hello, I am trying to manage extensions in my organization. What would be the best way to block all extensions by default and allow only certain specific extensions?

I am following the Mac OS Extension Settings Policy and adding this to a configuration profile, but I am not sure how to manipulate it to suit my needs.

What would be the best way to go about this, and what would the plist file look like?

Thanks!

Hello, I am trying to manage extensions in my organization. What would be the best way to block all extensions by default and allow only certain specific extensions? I am following the Mac OS Extension Settings Policy and adding this to a configuration profile, but I am not sure how to manipulate it to suit my needs. What would be the best way to go about this, and what would the plist file look like? Thanks!
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Mike Kaply
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IT would look like this:

<dict> 

 <key>ExtensionSettings</key>
 <dict>
   <key>*</key>
   <dict>
     <key>installation_mode</key>
     <string>blocked</string>
   </dict>
   <key>uBlock0@raymondhill.net</key>
   <dict>
     <key>installation_mode</key>
      <string>allowed</string>
   </dict>
   <key>https-everywhere@eff.org</key>
   <dict>
     <key>installation_mode</key>
      <string>allowed</string>
   </dict>
 </dict>

</dict>

You would block everything and then just add any extension you want to allow the user to install.