On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 6:23 PM, mjl3434 <[email protected]> wrote: > There are two new classes added in ICS: VpnService and VpnService.Builder. I > want to know if these classes would be useful for my goal of developing an > app that has it's own UI and connects to a VPN endpoint with IPSec VPN (or > maybe even SSL VPN). Unfortunately, the documentation doesn't really explain > anything about the actual protocols. The documentation says the class > is "for applications to extend and build their own VPN solutions. In > general, it creates a virtual network interface, configures addresses and > routing rules..." > > So here are some obvious unanswered questions: > 1. What protocol is the VpnService using? Is it SSL based, IPSec, > L2TP/IPSec, PPTP or what? Protocol matters to some people.
It is whatever you code yourself. You want SSL-based? Write it. You want IPSec? Write it. You want L2TP/IPSec? Write it. You want PPTP? Write it. In this respect, VpnService is to VPNs as Activity is to user interfaces -- it is a necessary part of the framework that provides some basic functionality, but the core of what you are trying to do is what you write yourself. > 2. What on earth do you do at the remote endpoint? The other side of whatever you code yourself. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy Android App Developer Books: http://commonsware.com/books -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
