Title: iOS 10 kernel is unencrypted – possible mistake, but likely to be deliberate Post by: HCK on June 23, 2016, 04:05:21 pm iOS 10 kernel is unencrypted – possible mistake, but likely to be deliberate
<div class="feat-image">(https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/ios10.png?w=1600&h=1000#038;h=500)</div> <p>Security experts cited by <a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/s/601748/apple-opens-up-iphone-code-in-what-could-be-savvy-strategy-or-security-screwup/" target="_blank">MIT Technology Review[/url] have found that the kernel of the first developer preview of <a href="http://9to5mac.com/guides/ios-10/" target="_blank">iOS 10[/url] is unencrypted, allowing anyone to examine the code. All previous iOS kernels have been encrypted by Apple.</p>
<p>As the piece notes, this doesn’t compromise the security of iOS 10, and there are both pros & cons to making it available for inspection. Security researchers are unsure whether the move was intentional or a mistake …</p> <p> <a href="http://9to5mac.com/2016/06/22/ios-10-kernel-unencrypted/#more-436557" class="more-link">more…[/url]</p> Filed under: <a href='http://9to5mac.com/category/apple/'>Apple[/url] <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/9to5mac.wordpress.com/436557/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/9to5mac.wordpress.com/436557/" />[/url] <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/9to5mac.wordpress.com/436557/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/9to5mac.wordpress.com/436557/" />[/url] <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gofacebook/9to5mac.wordpress.com/436557/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/facebook/9to5mac.wordpress.com/436557/" />[/url] <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gotwitter/9to5mac.wordpress.com/436557/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/twitter/9to5mac.wordpress.com/436557/" />[/url] <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/9to5mac.wordpress.com/436557/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/9to5mac.wordpress.com/436557/" />[/url] <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/9to5mac.wordpress.com/436557/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/9to5mac.wordpress.com/436557/" />[/url] <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/9to5mac.wordpress.com/436557/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/9to5mac.wordpress.com/436557/" />[/url] <img alt="" border="0" src="(http://[img]http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif)[/img]?host=9to5mac.com&blog=22754319&post=436557&subd=9to5mac&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img alt="" border="0" src="(http://[img]http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif)[/img]?host=9to5mac.com&blog=22754319&post=436557&subd=9to5mac&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><div class="feedflare"> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/9To5Mac-MacAllDay?i=hDCLhcjTViQ:Us60liHDAG4:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img> (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/9To5Mac-MacAllDay?a=hDCLhcjTViQ:Us60liHDAG4:D7DqB2pKExk) </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/9To5Mac-MacAllDay/~4/hDCLhcjTViQ" height="1" width="1" alt=""/> Source: iOS 10 kernel is unencrypted – possible mistake, but likely to be deliberate (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/9To5Mac-MacAllDay/~3/hDCLhcjTViQ/) |