The company behind the open-source vpn client OpenVPN has a version for iOS was released. The application is developed in collaboration with Apple, and makes it possible to have all internet traffic over a vpn tunnel to send.
The founder of the OpenVPN project, James Yonan writes on the mailing list of OpenVPN that it is an “Apple sanctioned’ OpenVPN-client is created in cooperation with the company from Cupertino is developed. By default supports iOS no OpenVPN. The OpenSSL-based OpenVPN is used among others by the Dutch government, albeit in a modified form: for instance, OpenSSL is replaced by PolarSSL and certain components replaced.
The OpenVPN Connect app on Thursday appeared in the App Store and makes it possible to connect to an OpenVPN server. Then will the traffic flow over the tunnel to be sent, what, for example, surfing on unsecure wi-fi hotspots at airports and in restaurants a lot safer. Also, with the app, for example, be remotely logged in to a corporate network. The application was already a few months available for Android.
OpenVPN profiles may in different ways be imported, for example, via e-mail or via iTunes. Authentication to an OpenVPN-server is possible via username and password, a pre-shared key or a certificate. Not all of the OpenVPN functionality is present: thus supports the app, the option tls-remote not. It is striking that when the vpn is enabled, and the phone after a sleep period to connect to the wi-fi network, automatically the vpn is started. With the built-in vpn support that is not the case.
