iPhone now supported by Check Point VPN-1

On Tuesday, Check Point Software Technologies announced support for the Apple iPhone through its Virtual Private Networking (VPN) software tool VPN-1.

Using the iPhone's embedded Layer 2 Transport Protocol (L2TP) client, VPN-1 is able to provide secure, encrypted access for iPhone users communicating with enterprises currently running Check Point's VPN-1 gateway.

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Topics:: Mobile,; Security

Tags:: security,; Check Point,; iPhone,; VPN,; VPN-1

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