About authentication token

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About authentication token

iCloud allows the users to store various information from their iOS devices in the cloud. macOS users can access iCloud without any additional software, as it is built into the operating system (iCloud requires macOS 10.7.2 or later).

 

iOS users can get access to their data on Windows OS as well. In this case, exchanging data between iOS devices and the computer is done via the iCloud for Windows (available for Windows 7 or later). This software allows the user to work with data from iOS on a computer with Windows OS.

 

EPB allows you to extract authentication token representing the user’s iCloud account credentials. You can use this token to sign in to the user's iCloud account in order to download the backups or files stored there. Extracting authentication token is available both from iCloud on macOS and from iCloud for Windows. It is also possible to get authentication token without logging in to an actual OS where the token was used (e.g., by mounting a disk image to the current system).

 

The following ways of extracting the token are available:

 

Operating system

System type

Ways of extraction

Windows OS

Live system (current system)

Using command-line utility (atex.exe).

Non-live system (e.g., from the mounted disk image)

Via EPB interface

macOS

Live system (current system)

Using command-line utility (atex.dmg).

Non-live system (e.g., from the mounted disk image)

Via EPB interface

 

Types of the authentication tokens extracted by EPB on Windows OS and macOS:

 


iCloud for Windows lower v. 7.0

iCloud for Windows v. 7.0 and later

macOS lower 10.13

macOS 10.13 and later

Account with two-factor authentication

Authentication token without limitations

Authentication token with limitations

Authentication token without limitations

Authentication token with limitations

Account without two-factor authentication

Authentication token for the account without two-factor authentication

Authentication token for the account without two-factor authentication

Authentication token for the account without two-factor authentication

Authentication token for the account without two-factor authentication

 

Authentication tokens supported on Windows OS and macOS for downloading data via EPB:

 


Authentication token without limitations for the account with two-factor authentication

Authentication token with limitations for the account with two-factor authentication

Authentication token for the account without two-factor authentication

Windows OS

Supported

NOT supported

Supported

macOS

Supported

Supported

Supported

 

NOTE: Authentication token with limitations for the account with two-factor authentication is valid only if it was extracted on the same computer and under the same user.