The Blackberry is a mobile device that creates a direct connection to the corporate network. By doing so it becomes a virtual extension of the internal network, bypassing the corporate firewall.
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The Blackberry Enterprise Server (BES) creates an outbound persistent connection to the RIM network.
The Blackberry device is then virtually connected to the internal network and will remain in an always on,
always connected state.
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In the Blackberry architecture only the security of the data on the handheld itself is considered, and not the impact of the handheld on the rest of the network. Since Blackberries are essentially computers with a constant connection to the corporate LAN, and not treated like other remote access applications, a vulnerability in the system is exposed. This vulnerability is now primed to be exploited by code like BBProxy.
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