[TriLUG] OT: VPN capable smart phone

[Josh Vickery]

While not a smart phone, the Nokia tablets (770, 800, 810) can all run
OpenVPN, and might be just what you need. You would need to pair it
with a bluetooth DUN enabled phone to get internet access, but I've
found that to be very easy to do with AT&T, other carriers may prove
more difficult.

Another option is a service that AT&T calls "custom APN" and I expect
that other carriers provide similar services. The general idea is that
instead of using the default public access point (APN) the phones
connect to a private one that only carries your traffic. On the
back-end you setup an IPSEC VPN or Frame Relay connection to securely
connect the private APN network to your internal network.

Josh

On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 9:21 AM, Owen <oberry at trilug.org> wrote:
> Anyone have any suggestions on a good smart phone that has VPN
>  capability? Our oncall team at work is currently using a blackberry with
>  the RIMS push technology enabled, which allows us to browse internal web
>  sites for remote problem solving, but now they're getting rid of the
>  blackberry enterprise server.
>
>  To bring it back on topic slightly, despite the BES server we are mostly
>  a Unix/Linux shop and make extensive use of open source software, so
>  anything that ties into that would be great.
>
>  TIA,
>  Owen
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