[cvs] [Wiki] changed: Project/ActiveSync

[Michael Rubinsky]

mrubinsk  Sat, 01 May 2010 18:40:19 -0400

Modified page: http://wiki.horde.org/Project/ActiveSync
New Revision:  1.57
Change log:  Instructions on requesting/cancelling a remote wipe

@@ -63,9 +63,9 @@
  Provisioning allows devices to be more tightly registered with a  
particular server. It enables the server to be able to send policy  
settings to the device. These policy settings include things like  
requiring a PIN to unlock the device, the complexity of the PIN  
required, the number of failed login attempts allowed etc...  
Additionally, it enables devices to be remotely wiped so that if a  
device is lost or stolen, the user or administrator can request the  
device to be wiped.

  Users can initiate a remote wipe, as well as view/manage their  
partnered devices in the !ActiveSync user preference.

-The next time the device attempts to request a command other then  
PING or OPTIONS, it will be wiped. **DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!**  
After it is wiped, if you wish to allow the device to connect to your  
server again, you should remove the entry in the device table for the  
device so it can be rebuilt. If you do not remove this entry, or at  
least set the value of rwstatus back to 0, the device will continue to  
be wiped each time it reconnects to the server.
+Clicking //Wipe// flags the server to send the wipe command to the  
device the next time it synchronizes. The next time the device  
attempts to request a command other then PING or OPTIONS, it will be  
wiped. The !ActiveSync preference page shows the status of all the  
user's devices. If the status is listed as //Pending//, and you wish  
to cancel the wipe request, you may do this by clicking the //Cancel  
Wipe// button. You should see the status be reset to //Provisioned//.  
After it is wiped, the status will be shown as //Wiped//, if you wish  
to allow the device to connect to your server again, you need to  
explicitly remove the device as a sync partner by clicking the  
//Remove// button. If you do not remove this entry, the device will  
continue to be wiped each time it reconnects to the server.

  ++ Rough list of issues/todos/development notes in no particular order

  * Implement more recent protocol version support - version 12 or  
maybe 12.1 (Exchange 2007??) should be fairly non-disruptive. Version  
12 would get us more atomic policy settings, local wipe rules, as well  
as the ability to send the policy settings to the client as the more  
compact wbxml. 14 (Exchange 2010?) would probably be lots more work as  
it does away with PING, using SYNC for waiting for changes instead.