iOS12 com.apple.vpn.managed – the Missing Manual

Joe Selway Part of XW19

This session is a deep dive into the new com.apple.vpn.managed feature of iOS12 including OnDemand VPN rules. Sources – or lack thereof – documentation, known incorrect documentation and the important bits you need to know to make it work.


A Mac user since 1990 and managing them professionally since 2004, Joe has been at the coalface of Apple device integration for the vast majority of his career. After many years of pre- and post-sales engineering within the Apple Consultants Network, Joe now operates a private consultancy specialising in K-12 environments based in his home town of Adelaide while studying a Master of Cyber Security through Charles Sturt University. In his “day job”, Joe provides technical guidance on the management of mixed ownership fleets exceeding 1k Apple devices, all of the supporting infrastructure and related service delivery.