[TriLUG] OT: VPN capable smart phone

[Paul McLanahan]

iPhone has some VPN capability now, and is getting Cisco VPN client in
the v2.0 release of the firmware in June. I'm not sure what its
current VPN implementation is like, but it has settings for
connections using L2TP and PPTP.

hth,

Paul

On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 9:32 AM, Josh Vickery <josh at vickeryj.com> wrote:
> 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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