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Pocket PC Protocol Summary
By Chris De Herrera, Copyright 2001, 2002
Version 1.06 Revised 10/10/2002
Introduction
I see that users want to know what protocols that the Pocket PC 2000 and 2002 supports. I created this table to describe what protocols are supported and what is not supported. If you want specific information on how TCP/IP and WINS are implemented on the Pocket PC, please read my Network Protocols FAQ.
Sections: Inbox, Networking, Web Browser
| Feature | Pocket PC 2000 In Rom | Pocket PC 2002 In Rom | 3rd Party | Notes |
| html e-mail | Yes | Yes | n/a | |
| Attachments | Yes | Yes | n/a | |
| IMAP4/POP3/SMTP Support | Yes | Yes | n/a | |
| User Defined POP3/SMTP Port | No | No | Yes | Some companies use non-standard ports for e-mail |
| Secure Socket Layer (SSL) support for IMAP4/POP3/SMTP | No | No | Yes | Requires STunnel, tested on IMAP4 should work on POP3/SMTP |
| Secure Password Authentication (SPA) | No | Yes | Yes | Required for MSN e-mail access |
| SMTP Authentication | No | Yes | Yes | Some ISPs use this to secure sending e-mail |
| Digital Certificates with e-mail | No | No | No | |
| ActiveSync Folder Sync | No | Yes, Inbox | No | |
| IMAP4 Folder Sync | No | Yes | No | |
| POP before SMTP | No | No | Yes | Workaround - Perform 2 receive e-mail requests in a row |
| Socks Proxy Client | No | Yes, version 4 & 5 | No | Required to access the internet through some proxy servers such as the Microsoft Proxy Server |
| Winsock Proxy Client | No | Yes | No | Required to access the internet through some proxy servers |
| Wins broadcasts | No | No | No | Required to find hosts other than the WINS servers |
| DNS Client | Yes | Yes | n/a | Can be used for synchronization |
| Network Client | No | Yes, File Explorer | No | Required to access file and print sharing |
| Terminal Server Client | No | Yes | Yes | From Handheld PC, Pro |
| Citrix Client | No | No | Yes | From Palm-size PC |
| Networking Utilities | No | No | Yes | |
| Dial up Scripting | No | No | Yes | Required to connect to some ISPs and corporate networks |
| PPP PAP Authentication | Yes | Yes | n/a | |
| PPP CHAP Authentication | Yes | Yes | n/a | |
| PPP MS-Chap Authentication | Yes | Yes | n/a | |
| PPP Password encryption - MD5 | Yes | Yes | n/a | |
| PPP data stream encryption | No | No | No | |
| Virtual Private Network (VPN) | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Point to Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) | No | Yes | No | |
| PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE) | No | No | No | Interferes with synchronizing using Ethernet if installed on the desktop |
| SLiP | Yes | Yes | n/a | |
| Telnet | No | No | Yes | |
| FTP | No | No | Yes | |
| Bluetooth | No | No | Yes | |
| Ethernet | Yes | Yes | Yes | DIX, Ethernet II |
| Token Ring | No | No | No | |
| IrDA (Infrared) | Yes | Yes | n/a | |
| Root Certificates | Yes | Yes | ||
| 128 bit encryption | No | Yes | Yes | You can test which version you have at Fortify |
| Version Number | IE 3.02 | IE 3.02 | IE 5.5 | Required to access some secure websites |
| Java Virtual Machine | No | No | Yes | Insigina Software Jeode |
| JavaScript | Yes, 1.1 | Yes, 1.2 | n/a | |
| Visual Basic Script | No | No | No | |
| HTTP Put | No | No | No | Required to upload files to the internet |
| HTTP Proxy | Yes | Yes | n/a | Required to access the internet through some proxy servers such as the Microsoft Proxy Server |
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