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Apple changes its position on iOS VPN changes
Earlier this month, Apple posted a support document on its website with details on how settings would change for iOS users connecting to virtual private networks (VPNs). Now the company has done an about-face, updating the document to inform the public that the changes will not happen. The changes were made following a patent infringement lawsuit by VirnetX against Apple in which Apple was found to have violated a patent through the design of the popular FaceTime software. That loss in court cost Apple US$368 million, and the company made a minor change in the iOS VPN On Demand feature as a result. As Jacqui Cheng of Ars Technica explains, "The change was going to be relatively minor-devices with VPN On Demand configured to 'always' would instead behave as if they were set up to only establish a connection as needed." The latest document from Apple appears to indicate that it has come to an agreement with VirnetX and won't need to issue a software update to make the VPN changes. The document states that "Apple no longer plans to change the behavior of the VPN On Demand feature of iOS 6.1 for devices that have already been shipped. The 'Always' option will continue to work as it currently does on these devices."
