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Apple is now shipping the iPhone 3GS with a new Bootrom that is not vulnerable to the 24kpwn exploit.
The iBoot-359.3.2 started to ship last week. MuscleNerd from the iPhone Dev-Team has confirmed that the loss of the 24kpwn exploit would mean a normal jailbreak would be impossible for the time being.
This is the not-so-good jailbreak news for this week. It seems to be the first time that most folks can recall ever seeing an update of this type (updating the bootrom) from Apple.
I think one of the key things to take on board with this news is the phrase ‘for the time being ‘.
Seems an awful lots of sites have got headlines that seem to imply jailbreak will be broken forever by this latest update. That is not my impression at all.
My understanding is the bootrom update “ which is thus far only being applied to brand new 3GS models “ patches whatever hole was being used specifically by one exploit, the 24kpwn exploit used by GeoHot, the Dev Team and others in their latest jailbreak tools.
That doesn ‘t mean that other exploits cannot or will not be found in future. I don ‘t (anywhere near) enough about iPhone hacking to know how challenging it will be to find the next exploit, or how much more difficult it makes things than other previous moves by Apple to break previous generations of jailbreak tools.
But I do know that in the ongoing cat and mouse game between Apple and folks like the Dev Team and GeoHot, I ‘d bet on the jailbreakers to find new solutions and exploits in future. Partly because they are clearly very skilled and determined folks who devote a lot of their energy to these efforts; and also because generally just about no system is 100% secure. When one point of vulnerability is patched, another one is discovered, and so on down the line.
To follow along and see more details on this as things develop, you may want to follow @musclenerd or other Dev Team members on Twitter.
For now, if you do need to get a replacement 3GS, iClarified ‘s advice seems sound:
For the time being we would suggest locating old stock or refurbished units. Hopefully, the dev teams will be able to find another exploit for the new bootrom.
Via: iClarified
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