
ProductFacts·PocketLOOX600·IssueSeptember2002
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Authentication.
Accessing corporate networks or restricted Internet sites requires support for secure authentication protocols. These
include dial
-up authentication using Windows NT® Challenge/Response and optionally SecureID card support,
authentication when accessing a secure Web site with Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology, fingerprint
authentication,picture
-basedpasswords,andsignatureauthenticationforcertainapplications.PocketPC2002supports
both4-digitandstrongalphanumericpower-onpasswords.Eachtimeanincorrectpasswordisattempted,atimedelay
thatincreasesexponentiallyisenforced.TheFileExplorerapplicationhasnewsupportforaccessingsharedWindows
-
basedfileservers.Userauthenticationisrequiredforaccessingtheseservers.
Networkingsecurity
To encrypt data for protection from unauthorized access, a device must support industry-standard 40-bit or 128-bit
encryption or be able to use a corporate standard encryption technique that can plug into the industry-standard
CryptoAPI. Data is also encrypted when using the Internet to connect to a corporate server using a virtual private
networkingprotocol(e.g.,PPTPorIPSec).PocketPC2002nowincludessupportforthePoint-to-PointTunnelingVPN
Protocol.AdditionalVPNprotocolsupportisavailablefromthirdparties.
The static shared
-key Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) algorithm has now been documented by researchers at the
UniversityofCaliforniatobeeasilydefeated.Asaresult,thismeansalternativeapproachesarenecessaryforsecurely
connectingover802.11bwirelessLANsusingPocketPCs.Thesetwosecurealternativesareavailabletoday:
VPN:
Inthefirstapproach,the802.11baccesspointscanbe directlyconnectedtotheInternet. Virtual PrivateNetworking
softwareonthePocketPCcanthenbeusedtoauthenticatetheuserandprovideastronglyencryptedconnectiontoan
organization’snetwork.
LEAP:
Thesecondapproachisdonewiththe802.11baccesspointsconnectingdirectlytoanorganization’sinternalnetwork.
CiscooffersanauthenticationschemebasedontheExtensibleAuthenticationProtocol(EAP)calledEAP-CiscoWireless
orLEAP.Thisusesthe802.1xdraftstandardasafoundationandaddsmodificationsnecessaryforwirelessLANs.
Virusscanning.
Anti-virusproductsarenowavailablefromanumberofcompanies.ThelatestPocketPC2002versioncontainsananti-
virusAPIdesignedbyfeedbackfromsoftwarecompaniescreatingvirus-scanningproducts.Thisisintendedtosimplify
theirprocessforfindingnewpotentialvirusesbyeasilydetectingnewfilescomingontothedevicethroughdifferent
mechanisms(e.g.,attachedtoe-mail,cutandpastefromanetworkfileserver,etc.)Theseproductsareintendedto
preventknownvirusesfrombeingpassedintothecorporatenetworkviaaWindowsPoweredmobiledevice.
Applications
PocketExcel and PocketWordareintegratedintotheoperatingsystem.Thisallowsviewingdocumentsandmaking
changes while away from the PC. Other applications are amongst others Media- and Video players (for MP3 and
MPEG4)
Through the open nature of the Pocket PC Operating System, many third-party applications,e.g. car-navigation or
databasesystemsrunonPocketLOOX.WithPocketOutlook,apowerfulorganizerisalsoembedded.Notonlydoesit
keeptrackofappointments,withseveralreminderfunctions,italsomanagescontactsandtasks.
The GSM/GPRSmodule gets its phonebook out of the Pocket Outlook Contacts. No need to enter phone numbers
separately.
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