Voip News for 11/23/2007



voip, Led by SIP, Forges Ahead - IT Business Edge

voip, Led by SIP, Forges Ahead
IT Business Edge, KY - 1 hour ago
This is the role of SIP in voip and Signal System 7 (SS7) in the legacy public switched telephone network (PSTN). These two systems must communicate. .
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Skype Encryption Baffles German Police: Police Want to Access Your . - Wired News

Skype Encryption Baffles German Police: Police Want to Access Your .
Wired News - 5 hours ago
By Charlie Sorrel November 23, 2007 | 8:31:53 amcategories: Security, VOIP German police cannot break the encryption used by voip service Skype. .
Skype's Encryption Codes Prove Impossible for German Police to Crack Gizmodo.com
Skype Encryption Stumps German Police Slashdot
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Expert Unveils 'Scary' VoIP Hack
Kurtz'sKompund passed us a link to a Techworld article on a frightening new vulnerability for VoIP. The UK's Peter Cox has put together a proof-of-concept software package to illustrate the flaw, a program he's calling SIPtap. ...

Spec eases voip adoption - VNUNet.com

Spec eases voip adoption
VNUNet.com, UK - 3 hours ago
Enum will allow firms to benefit from the cost savings associated with voip without the need to sign up with a third-party provider such as Skype, he added. .
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Schools to implement Web-based phone line (Contra Costa Times)
When teachers in the San Mateo-Foster City School District answer their calls next spring, they won't be talking on phone lines anymore. They'll be communicating via the Internet using an increasingly popular technology called Voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP...

Expert scares world with VoIP hacking proof (TechWorld)
Ex-BorderWare guru strips IP calls naked. An expert has released a proof-of-concept program to show how easy it would be for criminals to eavesdrop on the VoIP-based phone calls of any company using the technology...

Voice over IP hacking is easy (The Inquirer)
AN insecurity expert has worked out a way to hack into Voice over IP calls. UK-based VoIP expert, Peter Cox has released proof-of-concept software that can eavesdrop on the VoIP-based phone calls...

Voice over IP hacking is easy - Inquirer

Voice over IP hacking is easy
Inquirer, UK - 3 hours ago
UK-based voip expert, Peter Cox has released proof-of-concept software that can eavesdrop on the voip-based phone calls. Called siptap, the software .
Slip into a SIP call PC Perspectives
Expert scares world with voip hacking proof ComputerworldUK
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voip on 3G will beat Wi-Fi - Computerworld

voip on 3G will beat Wi-Fi
Computerworld, MA - Nov 20, 2007
November 20, 2007 (techworld.com) -- Mobile voip is set to grow, but it will run over the 3G data provided by cellular handsets, rather than over Wi-Fi, .
voip over 3G mobile networks will eclipse voice over wifi, says . Tekrati Industry Analyst Reporter
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VoIP wide open to wiretaps
VoIPCodes SIPtap proof-of-concept program show how easy it would be for criminals to eavesdrop on the VoIP-based phone calls of any company using the technology, says a post on hackinthebox.org, explaining: ...

deciding on a 'best' voip solution provider - TMC Net

deciding on a 'best' voip solution provider
TMC Net, CT - Nov 22, 2007
2.the voice quality is another factor that is important for any business. a voip solution provider who is delivering services at low rates, .
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Skype Foiling German Police
VoIP has reduced the cost of phone calls worldwide allowing many the ability to speak with others at a low cost or even for free. Because of IP communications in fact, there has also been a business productivity renaissance. ...

VoIP hacking made easy by SIPtap (PC Advisor)
Expert warns of internet telephony threat New proof-of-concept code shows how easy it is to eavesdrop on VoIP phone calls, according to its developer...

Skype crypto stumps German cops - Register

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Skype crypto stumps German cops
Register, UK - 7 hours ago
voip services provided by software firms independent of isps complicate this picture. "The encryption with Skype telephone software. creates grave .
Skype encryption foils German police VNUNet.com
Skype baffles German plod Inquirer
Calling German criminals - use Skype for clandestine convos, as . Mobile Digest
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Why Verizon Sued Vonage
This same argument by the way applies to AT&T and Sprint EUR both service providers have also sued the pure-play VoIP provider. Vonage is really vulnerable as it has done such an incredible job branding but not defending itself with a ...

Whose Web is it, anyway? - Rabble.ca

Whose Web is it, anyway?
Rabble.ca, Canada - 2 hours ago
Internet telephony, also called Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) lets you make long distance calls dirt cheap. VOIP services like Skype and the Gizmo .
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Researcher releases proof-of-concept VoIP hack
A British VoIP expert has demonstrated software that can eavesdrop on and record multiple VoIP (voice-over-IP) call streams on a network or at the ISP level...

Skype baffles German plod (Addict 3D)
Egan Orion the Inquirer , Friday 23 November 2007. 15:08:00 All VoIP does, really GERMAN COPPERS can't decrypt the telephone calls made over the Internet by Skype, Reuters reports...

Fring launches voip widget for social networks and blogs - Mobile Digest

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Fring launches voip widget for social networks and blogs
Mobile Digest, UK - 10 hours ago
voip firm Fring has continued its expansion with the launch of fringme (there's an exclamation mark on the end of that too, but if I ain't doing it for .
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How Criminals Attac VoiP Network
With a software SIPtap multiple VoIP call streams are monitored, and recording for remote inspection...

SIP services to hit $150bn by 2012 - VNUNet.com

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SIP services to hit $150bn by 2012
VNUNet.com, UK - 9 hours ago
IP networks deployed by fixed and mobile operators will lead to an explosion of mainstream voip and SIP services worth $150bn by 2012, experts predict. .
SIP services 'to generate 73 billion' by 2012 Telappliant VoIP News
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UBS stoppt VoIP-Pilotprojekt (Computerwoche)
Qualität und Funktionalität der Lösung genügten nicht den UBS-Anforderungen...

Killer NIC to accelerate VoIP (The Inquirer)
BIGFOOT NETWORKS teamed up with an outfit called Diamondware, with the aim of bringing VoIP acceleration onto the Killer NIC card...

SIP, VoIP Market to Reach 1.2 Billion Users and $150 Billion in .
ABI Research expects that by 2012, almost 1.2 billion VoIP users to be active, with most users also subscribing to several forms of messaging and video sharing driven by interest in user-generated content. Additional services supported ...

Expert Unveils 'Scary' VoIP Hack (Slashdot)
Kurtz'sKompund passed us a link to a Techworld article on a frightening new vulnerability for VoIP. The UK's Peter Cox has put together a proof-of-concept software package to illustrate the flaw, a program he's calling SIPtap. "The software is able to monitor multiple Voice-over-IP (VoIP) call streams, listening in and recording them for remote inspection as .wav files. All that the criminal ...

Socializing with Fring, -- fringME!
Mobile VoIP firm fring! has added fringME!a widget for communicating. This widget could be embedded on blogs, social networking profiles, online auction sites and any other websites. So, if you install the FringME! widget, by adding the ...

Expert Scares World With VoIP Hacking Proof (PC World)
An expert has released a proof-of-concept program to show how easy it would be for criminals to eavesdrop on the VoIP-based phone calls of any company using the technology...

When It Comes To VoIP, It Sounds Like Hacking Got Easy
A report that's making the rounds out of the UK say that an insecurity expert has hacked SIP based VoIP calls. If true this will give IT managers fits, and if not addressed by the SIP standards folks at the IETF very soon, ...

SIPtap macht VoIP-Abhören zum Kinderspiel (Computerwoche)
Demonstration beweist: Selbst firmeninterne VoIP-Telefonate sind vor Hackern nicht geschützt...

Vonage is Ordered to Pay Verizon $120 million in Damages
The US Court of Appeals turned down Vonages application, which related to a case involving three patents that Verizon owned relating to Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) calling. Under the settlement, Vonage will pay $117.5 million ...



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