RE: [Fed-Talk] RE:iPhone remote wipe
RE: [Fed-Talk] RE:iPhone remote wipe
- Subject: RE: [Fed-Talk] RE:iPhone remote wipe
- From: "Beck, Keith M CDR ACNO NGEN, OPNAV N099" <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 16:17:48 -0400
- Thread-topic: [Fed-Talk] RE:iPhone remote wipe
Kerio offers remote wipe:
http://support.kerio.com/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&_a=viewarticle&kbarticleid=489
It looks like it is a requested feature for Zimbra (#18424 and 30356), but isn't available yet.
Unrelated, but interesting article on integrating Google App Engine with iPhone apps:
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/web/library/wa-aj-iphone/
Keith
-----Original Message-----
From: Rex Sanders [mailto:email@hidden]
Sent: Sunday, May 10, 2009 21:51
To: Bell, Ian Frederick
Cc: email@hidden
Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] RE:iPhone security info
Ian,
iPhone security has lots of glaring holes, particularly if your
organization doesn't use MS Exchange or the iPhone Configuration
Utility. iPhones might be a poor choice for organizations with high
security needs. So it goes with many consumer-oriented products. I
was surprised Apple put as many security features in as they did.
I don't know of any alternatives to Exchange for remote wiping
iPhones. Seems like a third party could reverse engineer the
protocol, and sell remote wipe apps. Maybe Microsoft has a patent-
protected protocol.
IANAiSE - I Am Not An iPhone Security Expert. I'm just an overworked
SA with lots of users buying iPhones who want email and VPN access --
which many users are smart enough to figure out on their own. Some
security guidance is better than none.
Here's hoping Apple adds many enhanced security features to iPhone 3.0.
-- Rex
On May 4, 2009, at 2:09 PM, Bell, Ian Frederick wrote:
> This is a good start but I have a glaring hole that I cannot seem
> to work around. Its the fact that the phone profile you set up is
> not locked into place. What I mean is that anyone who gets hold of
> the iPhone Configuration Utility has the potential to wipe out
> those settings. and setup their own. From a corporate perspective
> this is no go for me. Also that I have to either e-mail or setup
> a web location to dump this profile is an issue. You also mention
> you are not using exchange so what is your method for remote wiping
> the phone which relies on that currently as its only method?
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