Network Extensions and parent process ID

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Created Oct ’24

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I am very new to IOS development and currently working on network extension. I have been trying to fetch parent process ID using control filters. Is there a way to fetch it using controlFilters or dataFilters?

Answered by DTS Engineer in 810595022

Is there a way to fetch it using controlFilters or dataFilters?

Parent process of what? The process that’s responsible for the network connection that’s represented by an NEFilterFlow object?

If so, then no, there’s no way to get that information. However, that information wouldn’t help you. On iOS most user-level processes, including all processes running third-party code, have launchd as their parent.

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DTS Engineer OP

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Is there a way to fetch it using controlFilters or dataFilters?

Parent process of what? The process that’s responsible for the network connection that’s represented by an NEFilterFlow object?

If so, then no, there’s no way to get that information. However, that information wouldn’t help you. On iOS most user-level processes, including all processes running third-party code, have launchd as their parent.

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Is there any other way to get parent process ID other than filters?

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DTS Engineer OP

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Is there any other way to get parent process ID other than filters?

What are you planning to do with the parent process ID? As I mentioned, on iOS it’s generally not useful, so I’m curious why you need it.

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