ok, today i'm just in the right mood for a flame war, so i'll bite. for patching you G1 with own code, start here http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=446 it's been done, it's working, and there are several community builds available, offering different subsets of features. if you ask really,really nice (or offer serious $$) disconnect might be able to help with building your own image for a G1, he's got da 1337 skillz (^.^)' here's openvpn instructions http://g1.fnord.to/crypto/ more vpn related stuff http://www.ohloh.net/p/android-vpnc
all that found in 5mins using one google search. enuff 2 start i think. On Jun 5, 2:26 pm, Disconnect <[email protected]> wrote: > Then perhaps you should talk to your vendor. (And I'm sorry you have > such a bad memory that you must reread the original message every time > you get a reply, but it is available below just for you. Or you could > stop being snarky about it, hmm?) > > On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 8:24 AM, Stephan von Krawczynski > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Fri, 5 Jun 2009 03:19:54 -0700 (PDT) > > Zero <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> dude, vpn's can be patched in. > >> search the internets, it has been done already. > >> android-platform group would be a good start. > > > Dear top-poster, > > > it seems likely you have not fully understood the critics. It is not only > > that > > there is no vpn implementation, it is also that there is no way to patch a > > (german and others) G1 with own code. If you know ways, please provide > > step-by-step explanation or a link to it. Reading mails by jumping through > > keywords is not quite successful sometimes. Thank you. > > > Regards, > > Stephan > > >> On Jun 5, 1:01 am, Sean Hodges <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > Welcome to android-discuss, you'll fit right in. sigh... > > >> > On Jun 4, 2009 8:06 PM, "Stephan von Krawczynski" <[email protected]> > >> > wrote: > > >> > Hello all, > > >> > can anyone explain in simple words why android fails to support simple > >> > vpns > >> > like pptp that are common among every single linux distro on this planet? > >> > If android really were an open platform I would be able to patch it in > >> > myself, > >> > but additionally there is no doc available how to do that on a G1. I > >> > really > >> > wonder what makes people believe in android instead of iphone. Both are > >> > quite > >> > closed platforms, but on iphone vpns are no problem... > >> > Hello google, have you really thought about it all ? If you want gamers > >> > as > >> > customers build a game console. If you want to sell phones you should > >> > have > >> > thought about the nature of phone numbers and why they may contain "*" > >> > and > >> > "#" > >> > and what implications that has on sending text messages. > >> > If you sell a phone with keyboard (G1) you should have thought about > >> > customers > >> > in corporate entities (the ones that really need a keyboard) that have to > >> > use > >> > vpns for security reasons. If there were no need for working we all > >> > would be > >> > pleased gaming pacman on android. But since we have to work we probably > >> > should > >> > use another phone (platform). > > >> > Regards, > >> > Stephan --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" 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-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
