January 18, 2005
VoIP Security
Making VoIP secure is no easy task. The three main threats to VoIP security include authentication failures, integrity failures, and privacy failures. ComputerWorld offers its suggestions on how to tackle these challenges:
The VoIP servers all will run a general-purpose operating system, Windows or Unix. You'll forever have tension between the VoIP application vendor, which doesn't want you to touch its carefully tuned systems, and the operating system vendor, which will release periodic patches. If you have dreams of unprotected VoIP connections over the Internet, you'll not only open yourself to huge risks but also put yourself on an upgrade treadmill with your firewall vendor as it tries to get its VoIP code right.
Read more: A VoIP Security Plan of Attack
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