Comments on: Is there an Apple TV backdoor? https://www.appletvhacks.net/2007/03/29/is-there-an-apple-tv-backdoor/ Get more from your shiny box of joy: Taking Apple TVs to the next level Sat, 07 Apr 2007 18:11:42 +0000 hourly 1 By: anton https://www.appletvhacks.net/2007/03/29/is-there-an-apple-tv-backdoor/#comment-973 Sat, 07 Apr 2007 18:11:42 +0000 https://www.appletvhacks.net/2007/03/29/is-there-an-apple-tv-backdoor/#comment-973 Posted on tutorialninjas:

Update: We got confirmation it was not apple doing it and either a repair script, war driving, or another reason. We apologize for the scare!

]]> By: solipsism https://www.appletvhacks.net/2007/03/29/is-there-an-apple-tv-backdoor/#comment-594 Sun, 01 Apr 2007 05:27:40 +0000 https://www.appletvhacks.net/2007/03/29/is-there-an-apple-tv-backdoor/#comment-594 I sure hope AppleTV has a backdoor. How else would the Apple service techs access the AppleTV software via the USB “service port”?

]]> By: Just zis guy, see https://www.appletvhacks.net/2007/03/29/is-there-an-apple-tv-backdoor/#comment-422 Thu, 29 Mar 2007 17:08:39 +0000 https://www.appletvhacks.net/2007/03/29/is-there-an-apple-tv-backdoor/#comment-422 Like many pieces of consumer electronics that are computer-based, there is a factory restore image on the disk drive. This can be manually re-installed, or if the system detects a problem (such as not starting the Apple TV GUI after a few boots), the restore can be done automatically.

This keeps Grandmaw from bringing the box back to the store every time the cat unplugs the device.

https://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305205

]]> By: Less https://www.appletvhacks.net/2007/03/29/is-there-an-apple-tv-backdoor/#comment-410 Thu, 29 Mar 2007 11:26:43 +0000 https://www.appletvhacks.net/2007/03/29/is-there-an-apple-tv-backdoor/#comment-410 I will sniff my connections…

]]> By: Bing https://www.appletvhacks.net/2007/03/29/is-there-an-apple-tv-backdoor/#comment-404 Thu, 29 Mar 2007 08:40:27 +0000 https://www.appletvhacks.net/2007/03/29/is-there-an-apple-tv-backdoor/#comment-404 Even if this is nothing but a cron job restore to keep the AppleTV in optimum shape (because Apple probably assumes that most people want their TV to work the way it did yesterday even if there was a brownout…) this event does highlight one problem I’ve been wondering about. With all those TVs with frontrow/frontrow access, this is bound to cause problems for some people if they’re opening vnc and ssh ports. I mean, c’mon people! Has Windows security taught you nothing?

]]> By: Paul Rodriguez https://www.appletvhacks.net/2007/03/29/is-there-an-apple-tv-backdoor/#comment-400 Thu, 29 Mar 2007 06:18:40 +0000 https://www.appletvhacks.net/2007/03/29/is-there-an-apple-tv-backdoor/#comment-400 nothing of the sort has happened to me. my unit’s firewall is still in its default state, but ssh and vnc are enabled. my network is behind a dedicated firewall, obviously. it seems unclear whether those experiencing these issues had firewalls in place.

]]> By: l0rdr0ck https://www.appletvhacks.net/2007/03/29/is-there-an-apple-tv-backdoor/#comment-392 Thu, 29 Mar 2007 04:04:06 +0000 https://www.appletvhacks.net/2007/03/29/is-there-an-apple-tv-backdoor/#comment-392 I am about 97% certain it is a task that checks permissions. WE NEVER SAID
appleTV had a backdoor, we only know permissions got changed. Speculations
are the only thing we have right now.

]]> By: Xianli https://www.appletvhacks.net/2007/03/29/is-there-an-apple-tv-backdoor/#comment-389 Thu, 29 Mar 2007 03:34:31 +0000 https://www.appletvhacks.net/2007/03/29/is-there-an-apple-tv-backdoor/#comment-389 This is maybe the reason >>

FrontRow[245]UPD: clearing update files in /Users/frontrow/Updates

Found in my system.log this morning.

]]> By: foobar https://www.appletvhacks.net/2007/03/29/is-there-an-apple-tv-backdoor/#comment-386 Thu, 29 Mar 2007 02:48:41 +0000 https://www.appletvhacks.net/2007/03/29/is-there-an-apple-tv-backdoor/#comment-386 …or perhaps, since the username and password are now well-known, someone simply logged into your appleTV after finding it via a portscan, and screwed with it.

On a related note, why would ANYONE connect ANYTHING to their home network without having a dedicated firewall blocking access from the rest of the world? Are people really that trusting?

]]> By: Jonathan https://www.appletvhacks.net/2007/03/29/is-there-an-apple-tv-backdoor/#comment-385 Thu, 29 Mar 2007 02:48:04 +0000 https://www.appletvhacks.net/2007/03/29/is-there-an-apple-tv-backdoor/#comment-385 t say Apple did it." And yet the headline of the blog post is "Apple vs Apple TV Mod'rs". Is it remotely possible that you did a factory restore, which would disable all of the settings you had previously enabled?]]> ipp wote:
“We didn’t say Apple did it.”

And yet the headline of the blog post is “Apple vs Apple TV Mod’rs”.

Is it remotely possible that you did a factory restore, which would disable all of the settings you had previously enabled?

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