Hi Jeff, On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 12:02 AM, Jeff Schindler <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Xun Sun, > > When you say "VPN client", do you just mean the ability to manually configure > VPNs in Settings? If so, our app automates that configuration.
Yes I meant that. So does your app complement it or replace it by implementing all its functionalities? Are the server names, user names and pre-shared keys hardcoded in your app? > > We are aware of the private android.security.KeyStore API, but have found > that there is at least one road-block in using that, specifically that the > PSKs are encoded to the keystore using the running process' uid, so doing so > from a user application is not compatible with the VpnService (a system > service) trying to decode those. > > Thanks, > Jeff > > On Jul 4, 2011, at 10:41 AM, Xun Sun wrote: > >> Hi Jeff, >> >> The Android framework (mine is 2.3.1) has a VPN client with L2TP >> support. Does it not fullfil your needs? >> >> And it uses android.security.KeyStore to store the PSKs securely - not >> advertised API though. >> >> On Sat, Jul 2, 2011 at 3:31 AM, Jeff Schindler <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> We're writing a VPN client for Android and need to support L2TP. We're >>> having issues with specifying the L2TP pre-shared key (PSK). Is there a >>> way that this can be specified from a user application, and if so, what is >>> it? >>> >>> Thanks for any help, >>> Jeff >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Android Security Discussions" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/android-security-discuss?hl=en. >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Thanks & regards >> Xun Sun > > -- Thanks & regards Xun Sun -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Security Discussions" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-security-discuss?hl=en.
