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U.S. Government Issues Report on VoIP Security Holes

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the good-bad-and-ugly dept.

ranson writes "PC World is reporting on VoIP technology's threat of being manipulated by hackers, through call interception and DoS attacks on users' internet connections. While these threats are nothing new, the article cites an interesting government report on the topic, as well as its author, who believes a VoIP user's best protection is security by obscurity."

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  2. AD: Siemens, Vonage, Microsoft, Yahoo.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The info in the pdf *might* be useable anyway.

    Tired of PR disguised as news?

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