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iPhone 2.0 Software Adds 802.1X for Enterprises

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2008-07-10 15:51:30 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...iPhones today, adds promised support for the 802.1X port-based authentication required in any company that's even remotely serious about its network security. 802.1X isolates connecting to an access point from gaining access to the network to which the access point is connected. A special client, known as a supplicant, must provide the right...
 
Tags: software, iphone, iphone software, enterprise, wpa2 enterprise, wpa enterprise, iphone configuration utility, network security, network
 
 
 
 
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AT&T offering iPhone plans for enterprise customers

2008-01-22 00:00:00 by Brad Reed in Network World on Security
 
AT&T began offering enterprise data plans for iPhones this week, marking the first time the carrier has pitched its popular consumer device directly to businesses
 
Tags: enterprise data plans, carrier, businesses, time, week, iphones, att
 
 
 
 
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Lock-In

2008-02-12 06:08:15 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...iPhones , costing Apple between $300 million and $400 million in revenue. On the other hand, Apple is planning to release a software development kit this month, reversing its earlier restriction and allowing third-party vendors to write iPhone applications. Apple will attempt to keep control through a secret application key that will be...
 
Tags: lock-in, software, software development kit, custom software, software company, security, hardware, special security hardware, security mechanism
 
 
 
 
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IPhone features slowly woo enterprise skeptics

2008-03-13 00:00:00 by Brad Reed in Network World on Security
 
With the iPhones newly announced enterprise features generating considerable buzz, some analysts have softened their skepticism about its potential as a corporate device, but not nearly enough to recommend it over the BlackBerry
 
Tags: considerable buzz, iphones newly, enterprise features, blackberry, potential, recommend, analysts, device, skepticism
 
 
 
 
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Charting a Landscape with Wi-Fi Signals

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2008-04-14 13:55:30 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...iPhones, citizen volunteers," he noted, but that might be possible with the capabilities of an iPhone software toolkit, promised by Apple in June, or through data sets gathered by firms like Skyhook Wireless
 
Tags: wi-fi, wi-fi geographies, gather live data, gather, data, wi-fi cloud, data sets, time, space-time topography
 
 
 
 
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Wi-Fi users to be monitored in Russia

2008-04-18 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b45bf0 in Network World on Security
 
...iPhones well-concealed - not from muggers,necessarily, but from the country's recently formed regulatory super-agency, Rossvyazokhrankultura (short for the Russian Mass Media, Communications and Cultural Protection Service Web Penetration & App Testing Advertisement Web Penetration Security Services. 300+ Clients. Free, Quick Quotes
 
Tags: russian mass media, cultural protection service, russia, quick quotes, web penetration, regulatory super-agency, business travellers, advertisement, necessarily
 
 
 
 
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Older and wiser

2008-04-21 00:00:00 by Uriel Maimon in Speaking of Security, the RSA Blog and Podcast
 
...iPhones were purchased and even the world of financial crime has not been silent. The Rock Phish group is a phishing gang believed to be based out of Russia -- and, by some accounts, is responsible for roughly 50% of phishing attacks by volume
 
Tags: financial crime, long-term goal, past, age miserable, technology products, progress, rock phish, quiet contemplation, quiet desperation
 
 
 
 
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AT&T Gives iPhones Free Hotspot Access

2008-04-30 20:46:59 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
 
It's not confirmed by the telecom giant, but several people have been able to replicate it: If you own an iPhone, you can log in at an AT&T hotspot or a Starbucks through their AT&T portal link (upper right corner of the T-Mobile screen, and soon to be a unique SSID), enter your phone number, and have free access. This is nifty, and not...
 
Tags: link, att portal link, att, neighborhood starbucks tomorrow, starbucks, att hotspot, telecom giant, free service, million dsl
 
 
 
 
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Free Wi-Fi for AT&T Laptop Mobile Broadband Subscribers

2008-05-20 09:32:57 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
 
...iPhones: This is a logical move, vastly overdue, because it's a better experience for a laptop user to have access in a Wi-Fi hotspot, while simultaneously removing load from AT&T's 3G network. This was predicted many years ago--as early as 2001 by EarthLink, Boingo Wireless, and Helio founder Sky Dayton--that 3G spectrum was scarce enough...
 
Tags: wi-fi, free wi-fi service, free wi-fi, att, wi-fi hotspot, internal att memo, mobile broadband subscribers, att extends, laptop users
 
 
 
 
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Gartner: Be cautious about letting new iPhones into your company

2008-06-11 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
Apple's iPhone 3G and iPhone 2.0 technologies add new security features aimed at corporate users. But Gartner analysts say that doesn't mean they should be given broad access to corporate networks
 
Tags: security features aimed, iphone, broad access, gartner analysts, technologies, apple, users, networks