Apple's push-notification infrastructure, also used to deliver MDM commands to iPhones. When our MDM server wants to push a new app to your device or update a policy, it sends the command through APNs. APNs authenticates our server's signature before relaying — ensuring only our authenticated MDM can issue commands to your enrolled device.
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