Dynamic Notarization Checks?
I submitted a new build of one of my Mac apps to Apple’s Notary service - like every new release. Normally, the notarization goes through in just a few minutes. Today, multiple builds have been pending for 2+ hours. And, weirdly, my API server is getting traffic from those two builds I submitted for notarization.
Does Apple’s notary service…launch and run app submissions? I’ve never noticed this behavior before.
In theory, the notarization process is supposed to weed out anything malicious. In practice, nobody really understands exactly how notarization works, and Apple is not inclined to share details.
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All developers and security researchers know is that notarization is fast. I’ve personally notarized software quite a few times at this point, and it usually takes less than a couple minutes between submission and receipt of the e-mail confirming success of notarization. That means there’s definitely no human intervention involved in the process, as there is with App Store reviews. Whatever it is, it’s solely automated.
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This may be correlation and not causation but I'm curious what others think.
I have noticed a lot of general latency in every sense on the internet recently. It's not packet loss, it's not outages, it's something more subtle.
It's hard to quantify but it just feels like there's a bit of an internet storm lately. I know there's always tons of black hat traffic flying around but it seems more acute lately.
Is it just me?
