OpenVPN on normal computers like laptops, just works. You can configure the installer to setup everything and just smile. On the tablets I am sure a package could be created and pushed to the users.
As for administration, use something like Zentyal to manage the CA. On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 3:50 PM, Jonathan Bartels <[email protected]> wrote: > Good idea as long as "tablet" includes Android phones, iPhone, iPod > Touch, and the iPad. > > The iPad was the new hotness at HIMSS (big healthcare IT show) this > year. I'm on the fence as to which device is the best for a given > application. There is a strong argument from the doctors and high > level staff to use the devices they have rather than having to use a > shared employer-owned device like their assistants and nurses. It also > gives the sales goons at conventions and excuse to buy iPads and give > them away in exchange for sitting thru sales presentations. > > Also can you get the IT staff comfortable with supporting OpenVPN on devices? > > How does the OpenVPN authentication work on a mobile device? Do you > sign into the device, sign into the VPN, then sign into the > application? You're going to lose most users at the 2nd login when > they have to have a decent VPN password. > > SSO is an option, but again will it be supported on tablets and will > it be supported by the applications they need to use? Many > applications support LDAP, poorly. > > Token based authentication could work, but still presents hurdles. > RSAKeys are good as are OpenID dongles. Can you make it work on a > tablet? > > These technical challenges aren't impossible but when you consider the > adoption hurdles you have in even a modest clinic, it starts to get > really sticky. > > On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 12:51 PM, Andrew Latham <[email protected]> wrote: >> OpenVPN on the tablets... Its easy, scalable, secure and you can log >> connections... >> >> >> On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 1:24 PM, Simón Ruiz <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hey, I was asked a question by my father-in-law about what sort of >>> hardware he might use to connect WiFi tablets to their medical >>> office's system specifically to interact with their EMR software, >>> which means legally sensitive information would need to be transmitted >>> wirelessly. >>> >>> Does anyone have experience with the practical/legal implications? >>> >>> What level of security, or what type of security scheme, would be >>> appropriate for this type of use-case? >>> >>> I understand it's dead easy to crack WEP encryption, and not too hard >>> to crack WPA, so most consumer level devices would be dangerous to try >>> to use, right? >>> >>> Any ideas? >>> >>> Simón >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Fwlug mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://fortwaynelug.org/mailman/listinfo/fwlug_fortwaynelug.org >>> >>> This is a public list and all posts are archived publicly. Please keep this >>> in mind before posting. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> ~~~ Andrew "lathama" Latham [email protected] ~~~ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Fwlug mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://fortwaynelug.org/mailman/listinfo/fwlug_fortwaynelug.org >> >> This is a public list and all posts are archived publicly. Please keep this >> in mind before posting. >> > > > > -- > ----- > Jonathan Bartels > > _______________________________________________ > Fwlug mailing list > [email protected] > http://fortwaynelug.org/mailman/listinfo/fwlug_fortwaynelug.org > > This is a public list and all posts are archived publicly. Please keep this > in mind before posting. > -- ~~~ Andrew "lathama" Latham [email protected] ~~~ _______________________________________________ Fwlug mailing list [email protected] http://fortwaynelug.org/mailman/listinfo/fwlug_fortwaynelug.org This is a public list and all posts are archived publicly. Please keep this in mind before posting.
