VoIP Security Highlights from Dave Piscatello
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How to protect your VoIP networkDave Piscatello is an incredibly knowledgeable colleague who, in addition to his other writing, maintains his own blog at hhi.corecom.com/weblogindex.htmIn this article he points out that many of the security goals in a VoIP service network are the same as traditional IP networking security goals, but they also begin to focus on VoIP endpoints as a new atttack vector.
Beware of phreakers, fraudsters, sniffers, RATS, SPIT, men in the middle, broadcast storms, Wi-Fi jamming.
By David Piscitello, Network World, 05/15/06
VoIP has finally arrived as a mainstream application. IP PBX equipment sales topped $1 billion in 2005, for the first time outpacing traditional TDM PBXs, according to Dell' Oro Group.In fact, analysts predict that IP PBXs will account for more than 90% of the market by 2009. Before you deploy VoIP, however, you need to be aware of the security risks and the countermeasures that you can take.
Security is important in every context, but especially when you're replacing the world's oldest, largest and most resilient and available communications network. While no individual security measure will eliminate attacks against VoIP deployments entirely, a layered approach can meaningfully reduce the probability that attacks will succeed.
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