Kevin T. Neely wrote: > Actually, it's a new MSFT technology called DirectConnect (or > DirectAccess or something like that) that is basically a multi-path > IPv6 IPSEC tunnel. I guess they can say "no VPN needed" because it > only goes to the corp network when it needs to, but this seems to be > really splitting hairs and I think of it as a VPN. There are some cases where DirectAccess could be advantageous since it will work behind any firewall (falls back to port 443 for outbound connections). The main drawbacks are that it will only work for people using Windows 7 clients and have an end point service running on a Win2008r2 server. Plus, it connects automatically (not user initiated like VPN). It's disingenuous of Nokia to suggest that this feature distinguishes the the Booklet 3G from other netbooks since it will be available on any portable device running Win7. Also, it may be trivial to use from the end user's perspective but only after a sysadmin or two has enabled and tested the service on the company's network. q.v. this white paper comparing/contrasting DirectAccess and VPN: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=147083 > It supports multi-factor authentication (of course, this will kill the > seamless nature) so I would bet this will replace the MS PPTP solution. IPsec is already a viable alternative to PPTP. Even so, PPTP is secure if deployed properly. The main advantage of PPTP is that Windows and OS X include easy to configure clients. On the other hand, the open source VPNC IPsec client for Linux (and even Windows) is easy to use once configured properly. But these aren't really Nokia or maemo topics per se... -Gary _______________________________________________ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
