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HackerDude · 07-16-2023, 02:48 PM

Hey, I'm Bluebotlabs, a while back I created KWebBrew, just a simple loader for offline WAF-like browser stuff.

Well, now I've created Mesquito (BETA), a REAL WAF Loader for non-jailbroken Kindles. That's right, it works on the latest firmware (5.16.2.1) and lets you run actual privilaged WAFs on the Kindle.

There are some limitations of course, these WAFs run within the context of the Kindle store, meaning that whilst you can use certain WAF APIs, you can only communicate with the following LIPC services:

com.lab126.pillow
com.lab126.chromebar
com.lab126.readnow

A private modification to Mesquito allows it to access all LIPC services (in theory) but it's experimental and not public at the moment.

As Mesquito is still BETA, it does not ship with any apps specifically for it, but it is backwards compatible with KWebBrew apps.

Documentation for Mesquito and other WAF-related info can be found here:
https://kindlemodding.github.io/docs/Mesquito/

Mesquito itself can be installed via the steps shown in the same link

I can't wait to see what the community creates with this!!!

Thank you for reading this rather long post,
Bluebotlabs

07-16-2023, 02:48 PM	#1
HackerDude Kindle Bricker Posts: 120 Karma: 862606 Join Date: Sep 2022 Location: Why do you want to know? Device: PW6, PW6(dead), PW5 (brick), PW5 (brick), PW4 (brick)	Introducing Mesquito (BETA) - The WAF loader for non-jailbroken Kindles (latest ver) Hey, I'm Bluebotlabs, a while back I created KWebBrew, just a simple loader for offline WAF-like browser stuff. Well, now I've created Mesquito (BETA), a REAL WAF Loader for non-jailbroken Kindles. That's right, it works on the latest firmware (5.16.2.1) and lets you run actual privilaged WAFs on the Kindle. There are some limitations of course, these WAFs run within the context of the Kindle store, meaning that whilst you can use certain WAF APIs, you can only communicate with the following LIPC services: com.lab126.pillow com.lab126.chromebar com.lab126.readnow A private modification to Mesquito allows it to access all LIPC services (in theory) but it's experimental and not public at the moment. As Mesquito is still BETA, it does not ship with any apps specifically for it, but it is backwards compatible with KWebBrew apps. Documentation for Mesquito and other WAF-related info can be found here: https://kindlemodding.github.io/docs/Mesquito/ Mesquito itself can be installed via the steps shown in the same link I can't wait to see what the community creates with this!!! Thank you for reading this rather long post, Bluebotlabs Last edited by HackerDude; 07-16-2023 at 06:14 PM.