Rabu, 22 Desember 2010

Its not rooting, its openness

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[This post is by Nick Kralevich, an organise on the Android Security Team. Tim Bray]

Nexus S has been rooted, let the insanity commence! proclaims Engadget. This is exclusive doable because Android's section is poop and it's exploited easily to gain stem priviledges [sic] adds a commenter.

Youll hit to excuse me if I strongly disagree.

The Nexus S, same the Nexus One before it, is fashioned to allow enthusiasts to establish custom operative systems. Allowing your own rush ikon on a clean Nexus S is as ultimate as streaming fastboot oem unlock. It should be no surprise that modifying the operative system crapper give you stem admittance to your phone. Hopefully thats meet the beginning of the changes you might make.

Legitimately gaining stem admittance to your figure is a far scream from most rooting exploits. Traditional rooting attacks are typically performed by exploiting an unpatched section mess on the device. Rooting is not a feature of a device; rather, it is the active exploitation of a famous section hole.

Android has a brawny section strategy, backed by a solid implementation. By default, all Android applications are sandboxed from apiece other, helping to secure that a vindictive or equipage covering cannot interact with another. All applications are required to declare the permissions they use, ensuring the individual is in control of the information they share. And yes, we aggressively fix famous section holes, including those that crapper be utilised for rooting. Our peers in the section community hit recognized our contribution to ambulatory security, and for that, we are extremely grateful.

Unfortunately, until carriers and manufacturers wage an easy method to legitimately unlock devices, there will be a natural tension between the rooting and section communities. We crapper exclusive wish that carriers and manufacturers will discern this, and not force users to opt between figure openness and security. Its doable to design unlocking techniques that protect the state of the ambulatory network, the rights of noesis providers, and the rights of covering developers, patch at the same instance gift users choice. Users should obligation no less.


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