---
title: "daniel:// stenberg://: \"How the first gen ipod was reverse engineered to …\""
url: https://daily.dev/posts/daniel-stenberg-how-the-first-gen-ipod-was-reverse-engineered-to--b9gkicwfk
source_url: https://mastodon.social/@bagder/111538350617290554
type: article
source: "Lobsters"
published: 2023-12-08T15:00:59.865Z
updated: 2026-06-25T02:15:05.770Z
tags: ["bootloader", "reverse-engineering"]
reading_time: 1
upvotes: 0
comments: 0
language: en
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# daniel:// stenberg://: "How the first gen ipod was reverse engineered to …"

**[Lobsters](https://daily.dev/sources/lobsters)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

The first-gen iPod was reverse engineered to run Rockbox by exploiting a buffer overflow in the HTML viewer, finding the LCD controller in memory, and creating a crafted HTML file as the initial bootloader.

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