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Is Security Holding VoIP Back?

Posted by michael on from the users-too-dumb-to-know-about-security dept.

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. security and voip deployment by fat32 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    IP Telephony allows the terms "Phreaker" and "Hacker" to come closer then ever before because of the convergence between telephony and IP. The security threat associated with IP Telephony is far greater than with regular telephone networks. It is combined from a number of different factors that needs to be evaluated before any deployment of IP Telephony.