Active Sync Passcode Not Enforced 100% on iOS 5

[Col. Mustard]

Understood: iPhone 4, upgrade from iOS 4 latest release to iOS 5 upon RTW. Corp Exchange Active Sync enforcing 6 digit passcode lock.

Until yesterday, 10/23/2011, no issues. Discovered the following two situations:

• Randomly performing slide to unlock phone does not prompt for passcode
• iPhone in locked mode > hold down home butten until Voice Control is enabled > click on Cancel > slide to unlock iPhone > no prompt for passcode

Passcode Lock is ON. When I go to General > Passcode Lock > prompted for passcode > type current passcode > done > Turn Passcode Off (grayed out due to Active Sync rule). Even after just typing in passcode, lock the phone > slide to unlock > still not prompted to enter passcode.


Anyone else experience this behavior?

What was secure in iOS 4 is no longer secure in iOS 5 on my configuration.

 

[mbhforum]

Is your require Passcode set to "Immediately"?

 

[Col. Mustard]

You're right, it was set to 15 minutes. I don't recall this setting in iOS 4..new in iOS 5?

Hopefully that can be managed more securely using Active Sync.

Thanks!

 

[blevins321]

You're right, it was set to 15 minutes. I don't recall this setting in iOS 4..new in iOS 5?

Hopefully that can be managed more securely using Active Sync.

Thanks!

I know it was there in iOS4, but I believe that by default it was set to immediately.

 

[PNutts]

You're right, it was set to 15 minutes. I don't recall this setting in iOS 4..new in iOS 5?

Hopefully that can be managed more securely using Active Sync.

Thanks!

Yes, it can be managed via an EAS policy.

 

[steve-p]

If they are enforcing a 6 digit passcode, it seems odd they would not enforce its use immediately.

 

[PNutts]

It depends on the whims of a company's security gurus. We lock the device after 15 minutes to give people a chance to be distracted. 🙂