Re: [NTLK] Anyone know about VPN?

From: Jesse Garnier (jgarnier_at_mac.com)
Date: Thu May 23 2002 - 01:57:19 EDT


Lallang_at_aol.com wrote not long ago (5/22/02 2:48 PM):

> I don't think there is VPN software available for the Newton (and even if it
> was, would the StrongARM be fast enough to encrypt and decrypt those packets
> on the fly?)

CMIIW, but I don't think processor performance is the problem.

I believe finding a way to integrate it with NIE somehow (at a transport
rather than application level) might be tricky. Some people have discussed
building it into a particular app (say, an SSH client) but I haven't read of
any actual progress (or any actual project).

--Jesse

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