Re: [SAGE] Handheld devices (phone, PDA, remote access)

[nmedbery@museverte.net]

On Tue, 27 Mar 2007, Bennett wrote:

> I would like to combine the PDA portion of the iPaq with the phone.  I 
> would also like to have the ability to remote into the systems either 
> via SSH or SSL.  I know the Blackberry and Trio do the PDA portion, but 
> I'm not sure about the remote access part.  I've also seen ramblings 
> about the Sidekick.
>
> What types of devices has anyone used?  Does anyone have any particular 
> recommendations or gotchas to watch out for?

Bennett,

I have a Treo 650 (Palm OS) and have two ssh clients on it, pssh and 
TuSSH.  As Tom said, you can use them in a pinch, but that's about it. 
TuSSH actually has an option to import a private key, but I've never used 
it.  I almost never use he browser, but I do not have much need to.

What I do find handy is the MovianVPN IPSec client.  I have version 4 
and it allows me to connect to various end points, specifically a PIX 
firewall or Cisco VPN Concentrator in my case.  It also lists devices from 
Symantec, Nortel, Netscreen, Lucent, Intel, Avaya, and Alcatel as optional 
end point devices (among others).  Paired with PalmVNC, this allows me to 
just take over my desktop at the office when needed.  Thankfully, that 
doesn't happen often since trying to navigate a high resolution screen on 
a Palm screen can really stink, but it is serviceable.  This may not be a 
requirement/option for you though.  I find that is comes in handy though.
 	-Nate