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Re: Key iPhone Source Code Gets Posted Online

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The newest copyright on any file is 2015. The source code might be quite old. (Yes, I realize that a copyright header doesn't actually stay in sync with patches. It's just the only indicator of date there is)

The article states that the code is from iOS 9, which was first released in 2015.

Re: Key iPhone Source Code Gets Posted Online

#38

The newest copyright on any file is 2015. The source code might be quite old. (Yes, I realize that a copyright header doesn't actually stay in sync with patches. It's just the only indicator of date there is)

There are a few references to 2016. There is also a target/iphone8 folder. Don't see any reference to iPhone X though.

Re: Key iPhone Source Code Gets Posted Online

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In the docs directory there is a guide to fuzzing. On the plus side, from my initial read, it looks like most of the important stuff has fuzzing harnesses already which means the code should be free of most low hanging security bugs. It also means that with the harnesses already in place, it will be easy for outsiders to just throw a ton of compute at it and possibly find some of the deeper issues.

You mean, more tons of computing than Apple can afford?

You mean, more tons of computing than Apple has already thrown at the problem?
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