Check Point VPN-1 will also enable an encrypted connection between the iPhone and VPN-1 gateway, protecting in-transit data which supports the L2TP client embedded in all current and future iPhone versions, giving customers immediate IPsec virtual private network (VPN) access to corporate servers.

Customers will be able to send and receive email and utilise company resources, including internal Web portals, file servers and IP-based corporate applications, without the need for additional software on the iPhone.  

 With VPN-1, administrators will be able to take advantage of a shared secret password and certificates for all iPhones on the network with specific login credentials for each end user.

The feature eliminates the need for IT to create separate gateway authentication keys for each device, easing the deployment of iPhones on the network and will provide customers with the ability to utilise IP-based encryption for transmitting sensitive and private corporate data.