[Mozilla Enterprise] What Missing Policies are preventing you from migrating?

Ben Bass ben at benbass.com
Thu Dec 13 17:48:01 UTC 2018


Thank you Mike!
Time to start digging in and see what keys we want to manage here.

Thank you again!

On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 12:11 PM Mike Kaply <mkaply at mozilla.com> wrote:

> Configuration profiles are supported. We have a sample plist file you can
> use to create the mobileconfig.
>
> Mike
>
> On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 10:29 AM Ben Bass <ben at benbass.com> wrote:
>
>> Awesome, thank you!  Are configuration profiles supported, or just the
>> defaults command?
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 10:58 AM Mike Kaply <mkaply at mozilla.com> wrote:
>>
>>> https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates/tree/master/mac
>>>
>>> I haven't officially released the 64 templates yet because I was waiting
>>> for translations, but as of now, everything in Github is what I'm releasing
>>> for 64/60.4
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
>>> On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 9:50 AM Ben Bass <ben at benbass.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Mike,
>>>>
>>>> Is there any documentation on the new macOS enterprise management
>>>> features added in 64?
>>>>
>>>> Thank you!
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 10:33 AM Mike Kaply <mkaply at mozilla.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 2:41 AM Walter, Markus | Ecovis <
>>>>> Markus.Walter at ecovis.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> HI Mike,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> i would really appreciate if it would be possible to set Firefox as
>>>>>> Default Browser thru the Policy. We need that to set this for our users
>>>>>> because Firefox should be our future Default Browser.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Unfortunately Windows prevents this.
>>>>>
>>>>> Chrome documents how to do this here:
>>>>>
>>>>> https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/7009292?hl=en
>>>>>
>>>>> We're planning to create an article for Firefox.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Further we need to import a specific *.dll file for cryptographic
>>>>>> Module – this is a need to use our Smartcards for a specific Application.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> This support was added to Firefox 64 and ESR 60.4
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thnaks so far.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> _____________________________________________________________________________
>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
>>>>>> *Von:* Enterprise <enterprise-bounces at mozilla.org> *Im Auftrag von *Mike
>>>>>> Kaply
>>>>>> *Gesendet:* Dienstag, 11. Dezember 2018 17:22
>>>>>> *An:* Mozilla.org <enterprise at mozilla.org>
>>>>>> *Betreff:* [Mozilla Enterprise] What Missing Policies are preventing
>>>>>> you from migrating?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> With Firefox 64 (and Firefox ESR 60.4), we've added some important
>>>>>> policies that have prevented folks from using the new policy support:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 1. Selecting a default locale.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2. Installing certificates
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 3. Adding security devices
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 4. Setting the start page
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We've also added support for Mac configuration profiles.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So here's my question:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Besides setting arbitrary preferences, is there some specific thing
>>>>>> that you could do with Autoconfig or CCK2 that is preventing you from using
>>>>>> policy?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We're trying to prioritize future policy work, and just having a list
>>>>>> of preferences folks want to set isn't really enough. I want to know what
>>>>>> specific things you want to do via policy that you can't do today. And if
>>>>>> it is a preference, I'd be really interested in knowing the "why" of
>>>>>> setting that preference, not just "we need to set that preference."
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Mike Kaply
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> Ben Bass,
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>>>>
>>>
>>
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>>
>> Ben Bass,
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>> (917) 536-0998
>> ben at benbass.com
>>
>

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Ben Bass,
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Macintosh Client Security Systems Engineer
(917) 536-0998
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