Practical VoIP Security - Softcover

Thomas Porter; Jan Kanclirz Jr.; Brian Baskin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1597490601 ISBN 13: 9781597490603

Publisher: Syngress, 2006

Synopsis

Voice Over IP (VoIP) phone lines now represent over 50% of all new phone line installations. Every one of these new VoIP phone lines and handsets must now be protected from malicious hackers because these devices now reside on the network and are accessible from the Internet just like any server or workstation.

This book will cover a wide variety of the publicly available exploit tools and how they can be used specifically against VoIP (Voice over IP) Telephony systems. The book will cover the attack methodologies that are used against the SIP and H.323 protocols as well as VoIP network infrastructure. Significant emphasis will be placed on both attack and defense techniques. This book is designed to be very hands on and scenario intensive

· More VoIP phone lines are being installed every day than traditional PBX phone lines

· VoIP is vulnerable to the same range of attacks of any network device

· VoIP phones can receive as many Spam voice mails as your e-mail can receive Spam e-mails, and as result must have the same types of anti-spam capabilities

About this title

About the Author

Thomas Porter, Ph.D. (CISSP, CCNP, CCDA, CCSE/SA, ACE, IAM) served as the first Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Avaya, and is currently the Lead Security Architect for Business Communication Consulting and Director of IT Security for the FIFA 2006 World Cup in Germany He is a past member of the IP Security Protocol Working Group, and the Executive Telecommunications Board of the State University of New York. He is currently a member of the IEEE, and OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards).

From the Back Cover

This book was written for the thousands of IT professionals―from CIOs to circuit-switched telecom engineers―who are now responsible for deploying and maintaining secure VoIP networks. The book explains the impact on your VoIP network of PSTN, SIP, H.323, firewalls, NAT, encryption, and the regulatory environment. Coverage includes evaluation, design, integration, and management of VoIP networking components, including IP telephones, gateways, gatekeepers, registration servers, media servers, and proxy servers. Throughout the book, the authors rely on their extensive real-world experience to provide readers with practical applications and solutions.

Edition details

• Publisher: Syngress
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1597490601
• ISBN 13: 9781597490603
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 500