Mergic Releases PPTP VPN Client

Posted By: Ed Monday, July 8, 2002 12:40:50 PM

Mergic has released Mergic VPN 1.0, a virtual private network client that allows users with Internet access to securely connect to a private network, such as their home or corporate LAN. It is the first VPN client for the Palm platform to support the Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP), which is supported by more servers than any other VPN protocol. Mergic VPN is now available for $30.

Mergic VPN has support for 40, 56, and 128-bit Microsoft Point-to-Point Encryption (MPPE). It also supports the PAP, CHAP, MS-CHAPv1 and MS-CHAPv2 authentication protocols.

"The optimized encryption and authentication methods used by Mergic VPN's PPTP implementation have relatively low processor overhead. This allowed us to create a Palm OS VPN client that connects quickly and performs very well over all supported connection types," said Rob Seaman, Mergic's Founder.

Mergic VPN runs on handhelds with Palm OS 3.1 or greater and at least 150 KB of available storage.

PPTP server support is available as part of many platforms including most Cisco platforms, several of the Microsoft operating systems (XP Pro, 2000 Pro, 2000 Server, and Windows NT Workstation and Server), Linux, and many other operating system and firewall/VPN servers.

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VPNing

shogun @ 7/8/2002 2:46:20 PM #

I have tested Mergic's VPN when it was still a beta and it worked pretty good at getting into the office network.(Windows NT server) I had thoughts about using it for remote administration of computer systems with software like PalmVNC and such. On Mergic's website, they now show users how to do this.

Can't wait to see what else they come up with!

downloading from mergic's site

shogun @ 7/8/2002 2:55:52 PM #

I had some issues just trying to download the file from Mergic's site. It was downloading the trial copy as a document. I had tried to do a SAVE TARGET AS and it did the same thing. I finally got a version downloaded but had to go to www.palmgear.com to get it correctly. I hope they fix that problem soon.

RE: downloading from mergic's site

PFloyd @ 7/8/2002 3:15:29 PM #

If they don't fix it... Ensure that .exe is added to the filename when you save.

Slow Season

I.M. Anonymous @ 7/8/2002 3:36:35 PM #

The past few weeks have been really boring as far as PDA news goes.

RE: Slow Season

I.M. Anonymous @ 7/8/2002 3:40:46 PM #

you mean the fact that there is nothing happens in Palm world?

time for another rumor and unreleased photos i suppose, or maybe even widely unwaranted opinion piece.

RE: Slow Season

I.M. Anonymous @ 7/8/2002 4:38:14 PM #

I sure hope so. That's what I love!

RE: Slow Season

Token User @ 7/8/2002 4:46:15 PM #

Yep ... 2 weeks and no new Sony PDA - they are slipping.

Soooo, did everyone miss the Sharp SL-A300 Linux PDA announcement?

RE: Slow Season

I.M. Anonymous @ 7/8/2002 7:29:55 PM #

>>The past few weeks have been really boring as far as PDA news goes.

No - the week before last HAD TONS OF PALM NEWS (what with the TechXNY expo going on). Last week was slow - probably because companies had made most of their 'near-term' announcements at the TechXNY expo the week before and because it was a short work week in the U.Ss (4th of July).

unreleased photos

I.M. Anonymous @ 7/8/2002 8:22:00 PM #

you mean like THIS
http://3dagames.com/Graphics/ARM3DSFP-Pic1.jpg
Coming soon to a Palm near you

RE: Slow Season

I.M. Anonymous @ 7/8/2002 8:24:48 PM #

...inside a PPC of course.

RE: Slow Season

I.M. Anonymous @ 7/9/2002 3:32:32 AM #

No, not a PPC, that image is from the OS 5 version of their game. Those guys made some noise a week or so ago about their products being OS5 ready. Not sure if I read it here or somewhere else though...

RE: Slow Season

Ed @ 7/9/2002 9:22:20 AM #

>The past few weeks have been really boring as far as PDA news goes.

I don't think you've been paying close attention. June was a very busy month with the release of OS 5, and the announcement of smartphones from both Samsung and Kyocera. And let's not forget the release of the Treo 90 and Sony T665C.

We covered the 3DAGames 3D game engine for Palm OS 5 in yesterday's quickies.

I will admit the last week has been pretty quiet but that is mostly because there was a major holiday here in the U.S. and both Ryan and I were on vacation. However, things are returning to normal now.

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