Comments on: VPN on Blackberry

Question: VPN on Blackberry

niteHawk — Mon, 14 May 2007 19:10:53 -0800

Is there a VPN client for Blackberry devices?

If I can find a way to connect via VPN, I could use my Blackberry as an emergency office, and could stop carrying around a notebook. I can't seem to find any such software, but this seems to be something that should be available somewhere.. I can't be the only person to need it...

By: purephase

purephase — Mon, 14 May 2007 19:39:39 -0800

No. Or, I mean, yes. Only if you have the right model. The 7270 model had a VPN client, but it has never been publicly available in other models (as far as I know).

I believe BES provides something similar to a VPN service but I've never played around with it. Other solutions like Idokorro or SHAPE (formally desktop mobiles) might fit the bill.

By: null terminated

null terminated — Mon, 14 May 2007 20:19:01 -0800

If you're using Windows and can enable the remote desktop connection, it looks like this client or this client or will work.

By: mendel

mendel — Mon, 14 May 2007 20:45:27 -0800

To connect to what?

The usual way to set up a corporate blackberry is to make one endpoint the BES inside the company network. At that point your blackberry is already "on" your intranet, so there's either already a VPN or no need for one depending on your point of view.

By: yeoz

yeoz — Mon, 14 May 2007 20:59:36 -0800

My blackberry is set up the same way that mendel describes. I can ssh to anything on my internal network directly from my blackberry without the need for a VPN client, exactly because BES is inside the internal network.

By: null terminated

null terminated — Mon, 14 May 2007 21:12:29 -0800

I read that as VNC--ignore my response if it's off topic.

By: niteHawk

niteHawk — Tue, 15 May 2007 05:25:05 -0800

We are a... unique... situation with being inside the network. The BES server is in one part of the network, but my servers are on another.

Thanks

By: mendel

mendel — Tue, 15 May 2007 09:42:06 -0800

To connect to what?