[TriLUG] OT: VPN capable smart phone

[Owen]

That is interesting news ... thanks for passing it on. Unfortunately I
just realized that there's a requirement that we use Sprint for service. :-(

Owen

On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 03:48:50PM -0400, Paul McLanahan wrote:
> 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
> dG
> 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