iOS SSH over USB

Introduction:

Many a times, at client side we are not provided with Wifi access and connecting to our iOS device to read local data can be a real pain. At such a period, we can use a tool called as “usbmuxd” to connect to the Jailbroken iOS device running OpenSSH over the USB.

Detailed Steps:

Step 1: Make sure you have python installed on your machine. Download latest copy of “usbmuxd” using the command “git clone http://git.sukimashita.com/usbmuxd.git”.

Step 2: Navigate to the “python-client” folder and run the command “chmod +x tcprelay.py” and then run the tool using the command “./tcprelay.py -t 22:2222”

The “t” basically allows multiple threads to run so that multiple simultaneous ssh connections can be established.

Step 3: Now, once the tcprelay starts its work, we use the command “ssh root@localhost -p 2222” to forward the local port 2222 to remote port 22. Use the credentials “root/alpine” to connect to the OpenSSH server running on the device.

Now, all the commands which can be used over SSH can be run on the prompt provided. 

References:

• http://marcansoft.com/blog/iphonelinux/usbmuxd/
• http://www.libimobiledevice.org/