Enabling secure, remote access to IBM Lotus iNotes using IBM Lotus Mobile Connect

Very interesting technical article on using Lotus Mobile Connect to access iNotes securely from the internet.

Here is an excerpt from the article which may be found here.

Learn how the IBM® Lotus® Mobile Connect clientless option can be used in conjunction with IBM Lotus iNotes™ to gain secure, remote access to enterprise iNotes servers from devices (handhelds, laptops, workstations) requiring access outside the bounds of their corporate intranet.

This article is intended for IBM Lotus iNotes customers who want secure, remote access to enterprise Lotus iNotes servers from devices such as personal digital assistants (PDAs), laptops, or workstations that require access outside the bounds of their corporate intranet. You can accomplish this in two ways with Lotus Mobile Connect.

Lotus Mobile Connect provides a full client/server-based virtual private network (VPN) solution, for which the Lotus Mobile Connect client is nstalled on various supported user platforms. For HTTP-based applications (for example, Lotus iNotes), Lotus Mobile Connect also provides a clientless option that does not require that any additional software is installed on the user's device; instead, it provides secure authentication through a browser-based logon (see figure 1).........