Re: Cydia crash

On May 17, 4:36 pm, Jared Earle <jea...@gmail.com> wrote:
> A normal computer is usually behind a firewall of sorts. An iPhone is
> unfirewalled directly connected to the Internet, with a known, open
> root password, usually in a known IP block.

Last time I checked (about 15 seconds ago) my iPhone's IP over 3g is a
10.x.x.x, which is not any less secure by address than a pc behind a
home router with default passwords. I'd say a good number of default
router setups are -less- secure than the iPhone, since you can access
them remotely. I'd like to see you get to a private network IP over
the internet.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_network#Private_IPv4_address_spaces

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> It's a liability ... in your pocket!
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> On 17 May 2010, at 20:58, Steve Morris <barbershopst...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>
> > Jared,
>
> > I agree with everything you say except that every normal computer is
> > also a network device. Your rules should apply to every device on the
> > Internet. That is both the strength and the weakness of the Internet
> > as compared to earlier proprietary switched networks . Every device
> > with an IP address is equal. Any "special" computers are special by
> > convention only. I've never been able to decide whether that makes it
> > the purest democracy ever or the purest anarchy ever or both. ;-)
> > Conceptually driving any Internet device is no different than driving
> > a car. Both are powerful and potentially dangerous tools designed to
> > improve life via communication on an open network. For a car that
> > network is the road system. Both need to be used responsibly.
>
> > Steve
>
> > On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 3:03 PM, Jared Earle <jea...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> On 17 May 2010, at 18:15, Carlos Alvarez <caalva...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> Well, that's really it.  Not that you should know the outcome of your testing, but that you should understand the potential outcomes and your path to fixing it.
>
> >> With a normal computer, it's ok to mess up and need to redo from
> >> start. However, with a network device you can't secure, you're part of
> >> the problem if you just throw a loose and opened honeypot into the
> >> shark pool that is the Internet. An easily compromised device makes
> >> life worse for the rest of us.
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