A VPN Client for iPhone?

Today the Boy Genius Report announced that the Apple iPhone to be released on June 29 may contain a VPN client. This has not been substantiated.

If you’re unsure just what the advantages of iPhone capability might be, take a look at Wikipedia’s definition, which is as good a place as any from which to start:

A virtual private network (VPN) is a private communications network often used by companies or organizations, to communicate confidentially over a public network. VPN traffic can be carried over a public networking infrastructure (e.g. the Internet) on top of standard protocols, or over a service provider’s private network with a defined Service Level Agreement (SLA) between the VPN customer and the VPN service provider. A VPN can send data (e.g., voice, data or video, or a combination of these media) across secured and encrypted private channels between two points.