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ali · 06-30-2006, 02:52 PM

I guess I'll do some development once the sdk is out.

I doubt you can actually log into the machine. If they want to do DRM on it, they have to make sure nobody can tweak the running kernel, e.g., load modules. So they'll probably make the device appear as a usb storage device, not exposing the real root fs. Or worse, use a proprietary protocol.

But deep in my heart I hope there's an sshd running. That would make things so much easier... There are a lot of possibilities where you could try to "hack into" it -- the pdf viewer being based on xpdf with similar security flaws, for example. But that's way over my head.

06-30-2006, 02:52 PM	#3
ali Addict Posts: 302 Karma: 116 Join Date: May 2006 Device: Iliad, dude!	I guess I'll do some development once the sdk is out. I doubt you can actually log into the machine. If they want to do DRM on it, they have to make sure nobody can tweak the running kernel, e.g., load modules. So they'll probably make the device appear as a usb storage device, not exposing the real root fs. Or worse, use a proprietary protocol. But deep in my heart I hope there's an sshd running. That would make things so much easier... There are a lot of possibilities where you could try to "hack into" it -- the pdf viewer being based on xpdf with similar security flaws, for example. But that's way over my head.