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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?"

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  1. my dreams are killed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I had no fucking idea that 'Enthusiasm' chick was married! Lies, all lies.

    1. Re:my dreams are killed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      DON'T USE SO MANY CAPS. IT'S LIKE yelling.
      Don't use so many caps. It's like YELLING.

  2. VoIP concerns are big in Gov't Agencies by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ***Here are some of the imdb.com reviews for "Gay Niggers From Outer Space":

    Summary: The best homosexual racial minority sci-fi film ever.

    "Morten Lindbergs classic cult short, Gay Niggers From Outer Space is one of
    the first short films to really stick to what the title suggests. From the
    time the first gay nigger walked onto the screen up until the final intense
    climax with the Tourette's Syndrome Kingdom in Outer Space, it's filled with
    dark comedy, action and plenty of suspense. "

    "Gay Niggers from Outer Space is a masterpiece of a film. No other film
    portraits emotions as majestically and stunningly since The Legend of Nigger
    Charley and Home Alone II. With a cast of all-star African niggers and a
    director with Kubrick potential, it is no wonder that Gay Niggers from Outer
    Space is marked the greatest film of all time."

    "From the very first scene where Gay Nigger Harris throws up on his own face
    and commits suicide, to the climactic scene where Nigger Ralph Nader and
    Nigger Humphrey Bogart fight over the last hashbrown and pick cotton til
    their noses bleed, Gay Niggers from Outer Space is the most magical
    portrayal of gay niggers open to the public."

    ***However, no mention is made of the hazadous lifestyle of gay niggers,
    so the following is an attempt to explain those hazards in layman's terms:

    Despite cries to the contrary in the media, AIDS is still primarily a gay
    and black disease. The media loves to report the "growing epidemic" among
    whites, when in fact the rate of infection among heterosexual whites is
    dropping off significantly year by year. The media though, reports only the
    TOTAL current infection rate, not the RELATIVE. So while there are more
    cases each year, the RATE of infection is dropping quickly. Except for the
    gay/nigger communities, where it's skyrocketing.

    Why does AIDS seem to target gays and niggers so much more so than whites
    and straights? Anal sex. The anus was not designed to accommodate vigorous
    penetration as occurs in anal sex. Unlike the vagina, the anus has very
    delicate membranes, which damage easily. Couple that with the fact that
    sperm contains immune system suppressing chemicals. That's why the sperm is
    not treated as a foreign protein in the vagina...because of the immune
    suppressing effects of the sperm cells. Without this effect, pregnancy
    could not occur, as the sperm would be attacked as a foreign protein.

    In the anus, sperm has the same immune suppressing effect. During anal sex,
    the anal wall is torn and open lesions form. Because there is little if any
    sensory nerve endings in the anus, this damage often goes unnoticed. The
    sperm then induce their immune suppressing effect, and the stage is set.
    Various bacteria both beneficial and infectious dwell in the colon, as well
    as viral matter. When the anus is ripped open, exposing the blood to the
    immune suppressing chemicals in the sperm, and the viral matter passed
    along with it, infection is virtually assured.

    ***So does the skyrocketing rate of AIDS infection mean that there are
    skyrocketing rates of gay niggers???

    ***Not exactly, because most White people don't realize that a large
    percentage of nigger males are bisexual. It's a great irony considering all
    of their macho posturing and affectations. They tend to admire the male
    physique, and when no women are present, they will hip-hop dance with each
    other. Any port in a storm will do, because da' brotha's just gots ta
    have it!!! Then they pass along the virus to their wives, girlfriends, and
    family members.

    ***Here is a story about this phenomenon from "The Village Voice":

    http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0123/wright.p hp

    And for the Toronto Gay Niggers:

    http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/2001-08-16/news _s tory_p.html

  3. Hey Assholes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    WELCOME, ASSHOLE!

    Since you are reading this you have either come to see how to join or received your membership induction notification and come to see what th'hell you're being called. Either way, we know that you're one of us!

    WTF Are We?
    The International Association of Assholes is a membership organization to permit all Assholes everywhere to proudly proclaim their status as Assholes, and the degree by which they are recognized as such by other Assholes. It also provides a convenient method by which all member Assholes may inform other Assholes in the world that they have been formally recognized for what they are...and a means by which we can make a quick buck by simply being ourselves.

    Each newly inducted Asshole receives an email from us announcing the great honour that has been bestowed and the Asshole (w/email or snail address thereof) who has sponsored this blessed event. Upon receipt of each Registered Asshole's snail address we send a really cool certificate on heavy stock printed with Old English type and bearing the Registered Asshole's name (and title c org, if given) - suitable for framing. A walletcard is sent for the next level of membership.

    We obviously can't show the card and certificates that we issue, to keep you Assholes from just making copies and doing your own. Otherwise, the cost isn't worth your time to make one, because it just costs $10 US to sponsor an Asshole to membership w/Certificate and another $10 US to get a walletcard ($20 for both).

  4. Important Stuff by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Please try to keep posts on topic.
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  5. Just do what I do by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Never have anything interesting to talk about. Ten minutes of discussion on rectal bleeding ought to get rid of snoopers.