Apple to Retain Current VPN on Demand Functionality for Existing Devices

Apple has backtracked on an announcement that said VPN on Demand functionality would be changed for iOS devices due to a lawsuit with VirnetX.

Found guilty of infringing on VirnetX's patents, Apple announced earlier this month that changes would be made to VPN on Demand for iOS devices on 6.1 or later.

Devices using iOS 6.1 and later with VPN On Demand configured to "Always" will behave as if they were configured with the "Establish if needed" option. The device will establish a VPN On Demand connection only if it is unable to resolve the DNS name of the host it is trying to reach. This change will be distributed in an update later this month.


The company has since updated that support article to indicate that no changes will be made for existing devices.

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.

It's unclear if Apple came to an agreement with VirnetX or how future devices will be affected.

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