Re: iPhone data protection flaw

[Christian Sciberras <uuf6429 () gmail com>]

That is because it is a hardware protocol. But that doesn't mean
applications can't have their own protocol, or use a standard one such as
TLS.

As a comparison, it is like https/ssl vs tcp/ip protocol.

Cheers.




On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 2:02 PM, Gregor Schneider <rc46fi () googlemail com>wrote:

> On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 11:39 AM,  <Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu> wrote:
> > The fact that most devices do it doesn't mean it's not a security flaw.
>
> -1
>
> AFAIK the USB-protocol does not contain any authorization /
> authentication-mechanism:
>
> http://www.beyondlogic.org/usbnutshell/usb3.htm
>
> Please correct me if I'm wrong...
>
> Cheers
>
> Gregor
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