Re: VPN as a means to logon and secure wireless

From: Ben Smith [MS] (bensmi@microsoft.com)
Date: 08/07/02 

From: Ben Smith [MS] <bensmi@microsoft.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2002 23:48:19 -0700

In article <c59074a9.0208061213.ada7a85@posting.google.com>, Stephen
Honeycutt (stephen.honeycutt@med.va.gov) writes...
> Ben -
>
> I am actually doing similar things where I work for pocket pc's. I
> find that VPN settings on the pocket pc are only used in some cases.
>
> I am trying to write something that gets the pocket pc to use VPN all
> the time. I am not using a modem, just a CF nic. I am trying to force
> VPN so that the doctors and nurses who will be using this can't
> "accidentally" get around VPN.
>
> One App is accessed thru terminal services. I would like that to be
> through VPN (not WEP). We really want all apps to go thru VPN. I
> also prefer the Micrsoft version of VPN (less overhead and already
> integrated and no need for 3rd party client software.)
>
> I haven't fully determined a design that will accomplish this, but in
> studying the VPN api's I have bumped into a few walls. Are there any
> more robust explainations of VPN (for pocket pc's) than the features
> page?
> <a target=_top href="http://www.microsoft.com/mobile/pocketpc/software/features/vpn.asp">http://www.microsoft.com/mobile/pocketpc/software/features/vpn.asp>
>
> I have wandered thru the MSDN, but it is a little sketchy and doesn't
> really address the possibilty of this being used over a nic as much as
> a modem.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Stephen.
>

Can you ping me on this privately?

Thanks 

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