Re: VidaBox vPad Ultra-mobile Tablet

[Shaf Ali <shaf@xxxxxxxx>]

Andy Davies wrote:
> On Jan 9, 2008 10:05 AM, Shaf Ali <shaf@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Andy Davies wrote:
>>
>>> Saw an Archos 705 at Heathrow and was fairly impressed with it
-
>>> screen is massive compared to my brother's 605...
>>>
>>>
>> Looks nice but is it not just a media player ? Can it run any
other
>> software like a browser etc ?
>>
>>
>
> Although you've got to pay 30 euro for the privilege, the 605 can run
> Opera, so I'd presume the 705 can too.
>
> Also read an article the other day where someone's cracked the 605 to
> allow access to the underlying OS, so party on...
>
>
Interesting - starts to google... snip from wikipedia

GFT Exploit

A software-only exploit called GFT was recently discovered for several
Archos players, including the 605 WiFi and 705 models. This enables the
user to run linux commands directly on the system, and further uses this
to install an SSH server on the system, allowing remote root access.

Not bad at all - will try to find out how easy it would be to borg this
device completely.