With the release of Android 4.0 (dubbed “Ice Cream Sandwich”) upon us, we checked in with Tim Felser, NCP’s chief developer of mobile VPN clients, to talk about what this release ultimately means for Android’s VPN functionality. VPN Haus: What impact will the Android 4.0 “Ice Cream Sandwich” have on the device’s core VPN functionality? [...]
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Conversation with Tim Felser, Chief Developer, Mobile VPN Clients at NCP engineering
Posted: January 19, 2012 in Industry Commentary, IPsec, MobileTags: Android, Ice Cream Sandwich, mobile, Mobile Security, VPN
DirectAccess and VPN – Who’s Hurting Who? Part 2
Posted: January 12, 2012 in Industry Commentary, IPv6, Mobile, Rethink Remote Access, Windows 7Tags: DirectAccess, IPv6, mobile, VPN
Editor’s Note: To read part one of this series, click here. By Nicholas Greene Microsoft does have its own mobile solution, which integrates swimmingly with DirectAccess. Trouble is, in the world of enterprise…the Windows 7 Phone is a small fry- holding only around 6% of the market. The top dogs are: Android, Apple and Research [...]
DirectAccess and VPN – Who’s Hurting Who? Part 1
Posted: January 10, 2012 in Industry Commentary, IPv6, MobileTags: DirectAccess, IPv4, IPv6, Microsoft, Microsoft DirectAccess, mobile, NCP engineering
By Nicholas Greene It’s been called “The Death of VPN.” It’s been placed on a pedestal as one of the best available solutions to our VPN woes. But, on taking a step back, does DirectAccess actually deliver on its promise? Two months ago, VPN Haus ran a story asking just that. What that article found [...]
Considering Skype’s Use of SSL
Posted: January 5, 2012 in Industry Commentary, Mobile, SSLTags: Facebook, myths, Skype, SSL, SSL Myths
We all know that employees’ use of Skype whether for personal or business use is exploding. The service reported an average of 145 million connected users per month in the fourth quarter of 2010, before the Fa cebook rollout of Skype- powered group video chat service to 750 million users worldwide by August 2011, or the [...]
IPv6 and Infrastructure – Are we doing enough?
Posted: January 24, 2012 in Industry Commentary, IPv6Tags: IPv6, IT, IT infrastructure
Dark Reading’s Kelly Jackson Higgins is reporting that many providers and vendors, including Google, AT&T, Facebook and others – plan to officially go live with IPv6 on this year’s IPv6 Day (June 6). This might sound familiar, as it was last June that more than 400 organizations — including Google and Facebook – enabled IPv6 standards on their websites. Last year, [...]