Securing Android For the Enterprise 136
Orome1 writes "While many companies use IPsec for secure remote access to their networks, no integrated IPsec VPN client is available on Android. Apple has already fixed this shortcoming in iOS, in part, because it wanted make the iPhone attractive for businesses. The Android operating system doesn't just lack an integrated IPsec VPN client, it also makes installing and configuring third-party VPN software quite complicated. IPsec VPN clients have to be integrated into the kernel of each device, and the client software has to be installed specifically for a memory area. This means that the firmware of each Android smartphone or tablet has to be modified accordingly. Until a 'real' IPsec VPN client is available, Android users can use their devices' integrated VPN clients based on PPTP or L2TP, which is deployed over IPsec. A 'real' IPsec VPN connection, however, is more secure because it encrypts data prior to authentication."
Oh (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Oh (Score:5, Funny)
I really thought this article was going to be about Data.
I thought even the PHB types had given up ending sentencies with 'for the Enterprise'.
I thought... WHOOSH!
Would you have gotten the joke if he'd used "Lore" instead of "Data"?
Re:Cisco IPSec VPN now supported in Android 4.0 (I (Score:4, Funny)
""Proper" Cisco VPN support (i.e. with group usernames and passwords) was added in 4.0 (Ice-Cream Sandwich) and works very well indeed. Be aware that there appears to be a bug in 4.0.1 and 4.0.2 on the GSM Galaxy Nexus which cause it to reboot as soon as you pass data over a VPN, connected via 3G...wifi works fine."
You say "works very well." I don't think it means what you think it means.
Re:Already there (Score:2, Funny)
The way it works is
Server hey mr phone do you support activesync remote wipe?
Phone sure do (ha ha ha ha)
Server ok thank you, what about password policy?
Phone sure whatever you want sweetie
There are market apps they respond with yes and then bin the request .... It does not count.
So