MSFP policies and lockout times

Microsoft’s been making a big deal out of the Messaging and Security Feature Pack, which adds some nifty device and security management features to Windows Mobile 5.0 devices. However, there’s a problem with MSFP policies on the device side; ironically, it only shows up on devices of security-conscious users.
Let’s say that you set a device timeout on your WM5.0 device of 5 minutes. You then create an MSFP policy that sets the device lock policy time to 15 minutes. When the policy is applied to the device, your 5-minute timeout is overridden with the 15-minute timeout, making the device somewhat less secure.
What can you do about it? Nothing at the moment. The Windows Mobile team is well aware of the issue, and I’m sure they’re busy thinking about how they can best fix the problem.

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