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Here's a very succinct description of my situation: I use an iPhone (and an iPad) in an environment where ports other than 80 and 443 are blocked.
Therefore, it is impossible to use Siri, Maps, as well as an array of other native apps and protocols (IMAP, for example).
There is absolutely no way for me to unblock these ports or use an alternative network. Even though this is not too inconvenient, it still is an annoying context.
I found a solution that worked for a while: since I was still considered a student by my university, I was able to use the school's VPN using Junos Pulse (Juniper's app on iOS). Unfortunately, I am not anymore and can't go for this option. So I'm trying to come up with a replacement.
I've tried many VPN apps available on iOS but all of the ones I've tested resort to either L2TP or PPTP and, therefore, can't go through the network's firewall.
I don't want to jailbreak my device, so I suppose OpenVPN is not an option.
I am therefore looking for one of the following things: a VPN service that would work with iOS over port 443 (like my ex-university's one; I am willing to pay a couple of dollars each month) or a VPN server software (or even hardware, but these are seriously out of my league) that I could set up at home. Or maybe something else I don't know about?
Hi! Thanks for the speech about jailbreak. As I mentioned, it's not really an option in my case for many a reason.
For the rest... I'm well aware that there's no option to change the port in the UI. I would've done it ;) So unfortunately your answer is not what I'm looking for... Thanks for trying though. – Remy Vanherweghem – 2013-05-15T18:21:54.380
Oh, that's alright. May I ask why you cannot Jailbreak? – HelpingHand – 2013-05-15T18:24:26.490
BTW, here is a list of ports used by iDevice: This
– HelpingHand – 2013-05-15T18:30:41.123I am not authorized (nor willing) to bring devices with unauthorized OS mods on my work place. – Remy Vanherweghem – 2013-05-15T18:33:15.023
Thanks for the list of ports... their, well, ports. As I said, I can only use 443 and 80 from inside the network. – Remy Vanherweghem – 2013-05-15T18:34:59.890
Okay, that's alright. I didn't think about it being legal in Canada. I know it is in the US. Alright my friend, good luck. – HelpingHand – 2013-05-15T18:37:36.993
BTW, can you up-vote my answer for my attempt. Thanks. – HelpingHand – 2013-05-15T19:14:04.397
I downvoted you as your answer does nothing to help with the issue at hand, you're just giving another solution which the question specifically stated was not interesting. As for the question at hand: I would recommend you just buy a VPN service. Setting up VPNs is hard, I've tried it myself and failed. If you're green, it's not something you want to spend time on unless you're very interested in the workings of it. – pzkpfw – 2013-05-27T14:15:14.443