iOS on QEMU

#1

Post by logix » Thu, Sep 16, 2021, 1:10 PM UTC

Re: iOS on QEMU

#2

Post by zamadatix » Thu, Sep 16, 2021, 1:31 PM UTC

The "this blogpost" link about KVM has the wrong domain, https://alephsecurity.com/2020/07/19/xnu-qemu-kvm/ for the post.

Re: iOS on QEMU

#3

Post by hwers » Thu, Sep 16, 2021, 1:54 PM UTC

The insane amount of effort this must have required boggles my mind.

Re: iOS on QEMU

#4

Post by run-types » Thu, Sep 16, 2021, 2:03 PM UTC

WOW! That's insane. If made efficiently enough, you could emulate iOS on a non-iOS mobile device. That would be disruptive.

Re: iOS on QEMU

#5

Post by legrande » Thu, Sep 16, 2021, 2:05 PM UTC

> If you are passionate about iOS and kernel exploitation

So is the main use-case to find bugs in iOS or are there other major use-cases I'm not thinking about?

The only other use case I can think of is setting up a click-farm, or paid-review farm where you give positive reviews for apps for a small fee.

Re: iOS on QEMU

#6

Post by giancarlostoro » Thu, Sep 16, 2021, 2:06 PM UTC

This would be interesting to see, I'm guessing the implications are being able to build iOS projects without requiring a Mac at any stage of the development process.

Re: iOS on QEMU

#7

Post by unix_fan » Thu, Sep 16, 2021, 2:08 PM UTC

run-types wrote: post #4

WOW! That's insane. If made efficiently enough, you could emulate iOS on a non-iOS mobile device. That would be disruptive.

And also very easy to brake on apple's end.

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Post by easton » Thu, Sep 16, 2021, 2:08 PM UTC

There’s no graphics here, right? Will SpringBoard and friends start without a display?

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#9

Post by sneak » Thu, Sep 16, 2021, 2:08 PM UTC

giancarlostoro wrote: post #6

This would be interesting to see, I'm guessing the implications are being able to build iOS projects without requiring a Mac at any stage of the development process.

You'd need to emulate macOS hardware, not iOS, to do that. In that sense, what you describe is already possible (running Xcode in a macOS VM on commodity hardware).

Re: iOS on QEMU

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Post by vegetablepotpie » Thu, Sep 16, 2021, 2:09 PM UTC

run-types wrote: post #4

WOW! That's insane. If made efficiently enough, you could emulate iOS on a non-iOS mobile device. That would be disruptive.

Could give the librem 5 or PinePhone a big boost. But it would not help with battery life.