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To: Swordmaker; driftdiver
Not any more... the vulnerability used by Jailbreakme.com was closed four weeks ago. It no longer works. Admit it. Your claim that they are being "exploited every day by the thousands" is not true.

You lied. You stated that ACEs cannot break the OS - it's not a problem. But we have PROOF of ACEs doing it in the past, and that is how current jailbreaking works (ACEs in things other than ACE).

So, if it's not an arbitrary code execution exploit, how do these guys jailbreak the phone? How is an unbreakable OS subject to being cracked within a DAY of release?

You lied, you're wrong, and you REFUSE to admit it.

183 posted on 09/15/2010 9:23:38 PM PDT by PugetSoundSoldier (Indignation over the Sting of Truth is the defense of the indefensible)
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To: PugetSoundSoldier; antiRepublicrat; RachelFaith; stripes1776
You lied. You stated that ACEs cannot break the OS - it's not a problem. But we have PROOF of ACEs doing it in the past, and that is how current jailbreaking works (ACEs in things other than ACE).

So, if it's not an arbitrary code execution exploit, how do these guys jailbreak the phone? How is an unbreakable OS subject to being cracked within a DAY of release?

Words MEAN things, Puget... THIS SPECIFIC VULNERABILITY CANNOT IMPACT iOS... UNLESS YOU CAN SHOW ME ADOBE FLASH AND ADOBE ACROBAT READER APPS FOR iOS THEN YOU ARE LYING. There is no current jail breaking by the use of PDF. That exploit was CLOSED four weeks ago.

How can I be sure I always can Jailbreak in the future!

Firstly, don't update past 4.0.1, the last firmware JailbreakMe supports. Secondly, and arguable most importantly, allow Cydia to "make your life easier". This will allow you to always restore back to the latest firmware available when you select that option.—Jailbreakme.com as of today, September 16, 2010

So, one month AFTER the release of iOS 4.0.2, closing the JailbreakMe.com vulnerability, JailbreakMe.com states that their software WILL NOT WORK on any firmware after iOS 4.0.1... which shoots down your claim "cracked within ONE DAY of release" If you are referring to the Geekinside.uk.com report of iOS 4.1 being cracked on September 9th.. they published a semi-retraction saying :

"Dev-Team members say there is still work to be done to fine-tune the exploit technique and that would-be jailbreakers are best served by forgoing the update to 4.1 for now. The admonition comes after they called iOS 4.1 a trap designed to prevent future jailbreaking and unlocks."—Geekinside.uk.com

Finally, I have never said that an ACE cannot work on an iOS... I have said that they will not work on OSX... because the data stacks are NON-EXECUTABLE memory and that buffer overflows in those areas cannot be executed. I have numerous times stated, including in this thread, that the iOS devices are NOT similarly protected at this time. YOU KEEP IGNORING THAT STATEMENT BY ME and claiming I have made the sweeping statement that all Apple products, inclusive, are somehow covered by my statements about OSX. Nothing is further from the truth. That is another one of your STRAW MAN arguments... you've done it in this very discussion. I've made it explicit that the Non-Executable protection that prevents ACE from being a problem in data buffer overflows in Macs DOES NOT EXTEND to the iOS devices... but you keep arguing that point and calling me a LIAR for something I never said. Just because I did not write an entire treatise on everything about the issue, covering every possible permutation of possibility, you apparently believe that gives you carte blanche to call me a liar for not doing so. Give it a rest.

187 posted on 09/16/2010 1:30:04 AM PDT by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft product "insult" free zone!)
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