Home › Formats › .MOBILECONFIGID
What is a .MOBILECONFIG file?
A .mobileconfig profile pushes settings - Wi-Fi, VPN, email, restrictions - onto iPhones, iPads and Macs. Used by Apple device management.
- Did you know
- IT departments use configuration profiles to set up company iPhones without touching each device by hand.
- A configuration profile is a property-list document holding an array of payloads, each one setting up a separate subsystem such as Wi-Fi, VPN or email.
- Profiles can be cryptographically signed and encrypted using the Cryptographic Message Syntax, so settings arrive tamper-proof and private.
- What Analyser reads
- Inspect security and crypto files: PEM private/public keys (RSA/EC/Ed25519, PKCS#1 vs PKCS#8, encryption), OpenSSH .pub with SHA-256 fingerprint, PuTTY .ppk, PKCS#10 CSR, X.509 CRL, PKCS#7 bundles, OpenVPN/WireGuard configs, Java KeyStores, Apple .mobileconfig/.mobileprovision, Windows .reg (with autorun flagging), and pcap/pcapng captures - warning when a private key or secret is present.
- Depth of analysis
- .MOBILECONFIG is an identification-grade format: Analyser recognises it from its bytes and decodes the header metadata it carries, rather than opening it in a full viewer. Formats that do get a full viewer are marked "Full" on the formats page.
- Open a .MOBILECONFIG file
- Drag a .MOBILECONFIG file onto the Analyser home page (or tap to pick one). It is identified entirely in your browser - nothing is uploaded, there is no account, and it works offline once installed.