RedSn0w

Redsn0w is an easy to use jailbreak for iPhone. See our RedSn0w guide and tutorial for instructions on how to use RedSn0w to jailbreak your iPhone.

RedSn0w Through Safari?

I read an article saying that there is a flaw on desktop Safari:

I have discovered that Apple's Safari browser is vulnerable to an attack that allows a malicious web site to read files on a user's hard drive without user intervention. This can be used to gain access to sensitive information stored on the user's computer, such as emails, passwords, or cookies that could be used to gain access to the user's accounts on some web sites. The vulnerability has been acknowledged by Apple.

Now this got me thinking.... RedSn0w.com = on the fly jailbreak?

Think about it. If their website accesses your iPod and does the things necessary either to jailbreak on the go or to prepare for a jailbreak (Chronic Dev said that the exploit is in some sort of file in 2.1.1); this could be interesting and true.

This is one of the only reasons I can think of for the RedSn0w domain.

I do not know if mobile Safari has the same weaknesses as desktop Safari; but it could . There are some Safari exploits that actually crash your iPod (try this to crash yours if you dare!) ; I had to connect mine to the power to get it to restart. But whatever the Dev Team has up their sleeves should be interesting.

RedSn0w Is The iPod Touch 2G Jailbreak

Let me toot my own horn for a second here... As usual, I was right... RedSn0w is indeed the future iPod Touch 2G jailbreak and the Dev Team is clearly working on it as we speak. Earlier today, the Dev Team published a post on their blog titles "Thermonuclear Pop":

Well it isn’t a British Thermonuclear Device. It isn’t an episode from “The Twilight Zone” And it certainly isn’t iPhone 3G related (right now) There is one other device… It fits in your pocket.. What can it be?

If you're not convinced yet, I invite you to read some of the comments on their blog, especially this one, where MuscleNerd confirms RedSn0w is iPod Touch 2G related. Now the question is: when can we expect this ipt2g jailbreak? Only time (and the Dev Team) will tell...

RedSn0w Might Be The iPod Touch Jailbreak We Were Waiting For

If you follow the Dev Team on Twitter, you prbably saw this tweet that points to a website named www.RedSn0w.com. You can't help but noticing how close this domain name is to YellowSn0w, the iPhone 3G soft unlock...

Looking at it a little closer and doing a "who is" search for the 2 domain names (YS - RS) show that both domains are hosted on the save servers, which makes it very likely that RedSn0w was registered by a member of the Dev Team and most importantly, that RedSn0w is a new product from our favorite Apple hackers.

It doesn't require you to be some kind of psychic to figure out that an iPod Touch jailbreak is the only thing right now. We have the iPhone 2G and 3G jailbreak and unlock. We have the iPod Touch 1st gen jailbreak. All we need now is an iPod Touch 2nd generation jailbreak.

So what do you think? Am I right? Am I wrong? I look forward to reading your thoughts...

UPDATE: It seems I am on something here. After asking MuscleNerd, Pumpkin, and the Dev Team on Twitter to comment on my post, they all gave the same answer within minutes (see 1, 2, 3).