Thanks for that link Jonathan, it has just recently been decided that we will be ditching our Nortel VPN & other network stuff in favor of Cisco, so that has suddenly become the buzz-word around here, so when I saw this mentioned, I naturally am very interested. It would probably make our manager very happy to know that the on-call person could vpn from wherever they are & work on stuff......
Cisco equipment just started arriving this week..... On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 2:30 PM, Jonathan Link <jonathan.l...@gmail.com>wrote: > Yes, it does. And has since March '08. > > http://blogs.cisco.com/news/comments/apple_iphone_enterprise_ready_with_cisco_vpn/ > > IT was probably a consequence of the settlement between Apple and Cisco > regarding the iPhone trademark. > > On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 3:25 PM, Sherry Abercrombie <saber...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> iPhones have built-in Cisco VPN? That just might give my manager the >> justification he needs to get us one. That and the fact that the CEO is >> getting one and my manager is already "letting them know" we don't have one >> so therefore are not familiar enough with them to provide necessary >> support..... >> >> On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 1:53 PM, S Conn. <sysadminli...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 11:18 AM, Joseph L. >>> Casale<jcas...@activenetwerx.com> wrote: >>> > As a result of working with Fido and a super cheap company, I need a >>> new >>> > phone “from the list of possible ones” handed to me. >>> > I need an ssh client and PIX vpn access, the only options I have are a >>> > Samsung Jack, Blackberry Pearl, or iPhone 3G (not the new one). >>> > >>> > >>> >>> There's a couple guys here in my office that use the iPhone to connect >>> via the built-in Cisco VPN client. I had them test it with the >>> vCenter Mobile (VMWare management for mobile devices) and it worked >>> perfectly. Some other guys use an ssh client on their iPhones and are >>> happy with it. >>> >>> I have a Bold myself, and while it is nice, I can't get the bloody VPN >>> to work. On top of that, the VPN profile is tied to a wifi profile, >>> where the iPhone can do VPN over the 3G network. So even if it did >>> work, 90% of the time that I'm away from computer access I wouldn't be >>> able to use it. A bit pointless. I'd worry that the Pearl would be >>> in the same boat with the Bold on VPN access. >>> >>> Seth >>> >>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >>> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Sherry Abercrombie >> >> "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." >> Arthur C. Clarke >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > -- Sherry Abercrombie "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." Arthur C. Clarke ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
