Is Security Holding VoIP Back?

phoneboy writes "Voxilla is running a piece I wrote on security issues present in Voice over IP. While an increasing number of people are ditching their ILEC in favor of using Voice over IP from companies like Vonage, VoicePulse, Packet8, and Broadvox Direct, there are a number of potential security issues to be aware of. Is VoIP secure enough to replace the PSTN as we know it?"

Comments

Re:I don't wnat VoIP

[Phekko]

Agreed. That's why there should be Slashdot via carrier pigeons, dammit!

secure?

[loraksus]

like PSTN 2 aligator clips and a regular handset secure?
Hell, when I *ahem* hung around people who beiged boxed we didn't even have aligator clips. Holding onto the wires was cool until a the phone rang ;)

Re:As opposed to the security of PSTN?

[firstadopter.com]

Agreed, nothing is inherently secure as the FBI's new proposal for wiretapping comes out.

Crappy service is holding VOIP back

[bhny]

I've had a ridiculous number of problems with Vonage, never any worries about security.

911

[RoadkillBunny]

I see 911 as the biggest problem. If you are sharing the phone line with a normal internet, and you need to call 911 while someone decides to download the RedHat ISO's, you are in trouble.

Re:911

[Spaham]

Well, I'd say you were ALREADY in trouble if you needed to call 911 in the first place... ^_^

What we need

[chunkwhite86]

is something with the versatility of SSH, but that works on UDP. That would answer this problem.