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Apple Releases IOS Security Guide

Posted by samzenpus on from the protect-ya-neck dept.

Trailrunner7 writes in with a story about a iOS security guide released by Apple. "Apple has released a detailed security guide for its iOS operating system, an unprecedented move for a company known for not discussing the technical details of its products, let alone the security architecture. The document lays out the system architecture, data protection capabilities and network security features in iOS, most of which had been known before but hadn't been publicly discussed by Apple. The iOS Security guide (PDF), released within the last week, represents Apple's first real public documentation of the security architecture and feature set in iOS, the operating system that runs on iPhones, iPads and iPod Touch devices. Security researchers have been doing their best to reverse engineer the operating system for several years and much of what's in the new Apple guide has been discussed in presentations and talks by researchers. 'Apple doesn't really talk about their security mechanisms in detail. When they introduced ASLR, they didn't tell anybody. They didn't ever explain how codesigning worked,' security researcher Charlie Miller said."

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  1. I know it's bad of me by dyingtolive · · Score: 0, Troll

    But I picture it being like an instruction manual for a See n' Say.

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    1. Re:I know it's bad of me by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      The question I have for Obama is this: Who is stimulating the economy? Me, the guy who has provided 14 people good paying jobs and serves over 200,000 people per year with a flourishing business? Or, the single fat colored mammy sitting at home pregnant with her fourth child waiting for her next welfare check?

      And as far as iOS security goes, I'm sure B. Hussein Obama doesn't give a rat's ass. For my part, I give iOS security two thumbs up.

  2. Re:I can dream... by WrongSizeGlass · · Score: 1, Troll

    Hopefully it says "security through obscurity does not work" in big block letters on the first page.

    It's what this security guide doesn't say that is important to Apple. I'm betting they left out a few tidbits of information. Not a lot, but just enough to make us think the guide is complete.