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Re: Key iPhone Source Code Gets Posted Online

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Post by ea016 »

NietTim wrote: post #61

Anyone have a clue what the 'thunderbolt'/'thunderboot' driver is? Almost seems like they have proprietary thunderbolt cables for developing this or something? Relevant files: https://github.com/h1x0rz3r0/iBoot/tree/master/drivers/thund...

Some macs have the ability to load OSX from network or from an external hard drive. It might be the same on the iPhone

Re: Key iPhone Source Code Gets Posted Online

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Post by fmntf »

TheEnder8 wrote: post #21

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)

It's just a bootloader. I don't think they changed much between iOS 9 and 11. The probably only added support for newer boards/devices.

Re: Key iPhone Source Code Gets Posted Online

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Post by niutech »

peterburkimsher wrote: post #20
nerdponx wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

GitHub seems like an odd place to post this kind of thing. I would have expected an IPFS link, or an I2P torrent, or something like that.

The article says that it was first posted on Reddit, but nobody noticed for a while. The Github copy is almost certainly a repost, by a different author than the original leak. "This source code first surfaced last year, posted by a Reddit user called “apple_internals” on the Jailbreak subreddit. That post didn’t get much attention since the user was new and didn’t have enough Reddit karma; the post was quickly burie…

This is the original Reddit post from Sep 22, 2017: https://www.reddit.com/r/jailbreak/comments/71p5qs/newsiboot...

Re: Key iPhone Source Code Gets Posted Online

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Post by tinus_hn »

bitwise-evan wrote: post #40
okket wrote: post #36

Unless there are encryption keys hidden in source code that I can't find, I fail to see the implications of this leak.

It is much easier to find security vulnerabilities if you have the source code.

Better switch the Linux servers to Windows then

Re: Key iPhone Source Code Gets Posted Online

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Post by Retric »

tinus_hn wrote: post #65
bitwise-evan wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It is much easier to find security vulnerabilities if you have the source code.

Better switch the Linux servers to Windows then

Only applies if there are significant bugs. Presumably Linux has fewer of them than Windows, but it's hard to say as Windows gets a lot of attention.

Re: Key iPhone Source Code Gets Posted Online

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Post by 4ad »

beefhash wrote: post #8
monocasa wrote: post #7

> in 'Biggest Leak in History' IDK, the Win2K source leak was pretty big.

Wasn't that one a partial leak stripped of some interesting bits?

Nothing significant was missing.

For some reason the press relayed the news as "Windows NT and a small portion of Windows 2k source code were leaked". This was false, possibly started my Microsoft itself to downplay the scope of the leak. Virtually everything was there. Some people built it and booted it up.

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