Check Point Software Announces VPN Tool for iPhone

by Jody Mitoma on April 28, 2008 at 2:56 pm

Check Point Software Technologies just recently announced its official support for the iPhone through its VPN-1 product. VPN-1, which acts as a Virtual Private Networking tool; hence VPN, allows users to hold secure Internet connections via the iPhone’s Layer 2 Transport Protocol. (L2TP) client. Once installed, iPhone users can then communicate with firms using the VPN-1 software without needing additional software to be installed on their devices.

VPN-1 administrators can create specific login credentials for each iPhone users using a shared secret password and certificates for all iPhones on the network.

Have a look at Check Point Software Technologies official website explaining VPN-1 in further detail, here.

(Source: MacWorld via iPhone Alley)

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