14 DAY TRIAL // Pod2g is working hard to get the next jailbreak out, and he’s not wasting any time keeping his followers updated either. On Twitter, the French hacker has just posted his latest progress – ASLR bypassed.
Address space layout randomization, or ASLR, is a security method which involves randomly arranging the positions of key data areas in a process's address space. ASLR has been specifically implemented by Apple in iOS to hinder security attacks by making it more difficult for an attacker to predict target addresses.
Pod2g’s later tweet reads: “ASLR seems bypassed! Weird machines FTW. Time to ROP the payload.”
While this doesn’t spell out much for the regular iPhone user, those who are more technically savvy will undoubtedly rejoice at the sound of this achievement. This is a major step towards the untethered iOS 5.1 jailbreak.