Processes and IPC

Processes and IPCs

We store information regarding iOS processes and IPC (InterProcess Communication) mechanisms for the iOracle project.

Tools:

• Levin's tool to analyze processes and gather data about mach ports

Links to relevant literature:

• Video of talk on auditing and exploiting Apple IPC
• Blog post on iOS IPC
• Tutorial on building your own mach-ports
• another blog post on mach messages
• blog post on Grand Central Dispatch
• Some open source code used by Apple related to mach ports
• Kernel Programming Guide: Mach Overview
• Apple Inter-Process Communication
• Debugging Mach Ports