VoIP (voice over IP) networks are currently being deployed by enterprises, governments, and service providers around the globe. Today, the hottest topic with engineers in the field is how to secure these networks. The book teaches practitioners how to design a highly secure VoIP network, explains Internet security basics, such as attack types and methods, and more.

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

"A system administrator's guide to VoIP technologies"--Cover.

The Perfect Reference for the Multitasked SysAdminThis is the perfect guide if VoIP engineering is not your specialty. It is the perfect introduction to VoIP security, covering exploit tools and how they can be used against VoIP (Voice over IP) systems. It gives the basics of attack methodologies used against the SIP and H.323 protocols as well as VoIP network infrastructure. * VoIP Isn't Just Another Data ProtocolIP telephony uses the Internet architecture, similar to any other data application. However, from a security administrator's point of view, VoIP is different. Understand why. * What Functionality Is Gained, Degraded, or Enhanced on a VoIP Network?Find out the issues associated with quality of service, emergency 911 service, and the major benefits of VoIP.* The Security Considerations of Voice MessagingLearn about the types of security attacks you need to protect against within your voice messaging system.* Understand the VoIP Communication ArchitecturesUnderstand what PSTN is and what it does as well as the H.323 protocol specification, and SIP Functions and features.* The Support Protocols of VoIP EnvironmentsLearn the services, features, and security implications of DNS, TFTP, HTTP, SNMP, DHCP, RSVP, SDP, and SKINNY.* Securing the Whole VoIP InfrastructureLearn about Denial-of-Service attacks, VoIP service disruption, call hijacking and interception, H.323-specific attacks, and SIP-specific attacks.* Authorized Access Begins with AuthenticationLearn the methods of verifying both the user identity and the device identity in order to secure a VoIP network.* Understand Skype SecuritySkype does not log a history like other VoIP solutions; understand the implications of conducting business over a Skype connection.* Get the Basics of a VoIP Security PolicyUse a sample VoIP Security Policy to understand the components of a complete policy. - Provides system administrators with hundreds of tips, tricks, and scripts to complete administration tasks more quickly and efficiently - Short on theory, history, and technical data that ultimately is not helpful in performing their jobs - Avoid the time drains associated with securing VoIP

The focus of this book is on mechanisms that affect the VoIP user satisfaction while not explicitly involved in the media session. The book thus investigates and proposes cross-layer techniques for realizing time-efficient control mechanisms for VoIP.

Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) networks, the technology used to place phone calls through the Internet, suffer from the same security holes as standard IP networks. This book reviews the many possible VoIP attacks, and discusses the best defenses against them.

Voice Over Internet Protocol Security has been designed to help the reader fully understand, prepare for and mediate current security and QoS risks in today's complex and ever changing converged network environment and it will help you secure your VoIP network whether you are at the planning, implementation, or post-implementation phase of your VoIP infrastructure.* This book will teach you how to plan for and implement VoIP security solutions in converged network infrastructures. Whether you have picked up this book out of curiosity or professional interest . . . it is not too late to read this book and gain a deep understanding of what needs to be done in a VoIP implementation.* In the rush to be first to market or to implement the latest and greatest technology, many current implementations of VoIP infrastructures, both large and small, have been implemented with minimal thought to QoS and almost no thought to security and interoperability.

More and more businesses today have their receive phone service through Internet instead of local phone company lines. Many businesses are also using their internal local and wide-area network infrastructure to replace legacy enterprise telephone networks. This migration to a single network carrying voice and data is called convergence, and it's revolutionizing the world of telecommunications by slashing costs and empowering users. The technology of families driving this convergence is called VoIP, or Voice over IP. VoIP has advanced Internet-based telephony to a viable solution, piquing the interest of companies small and large. The primary reason for migrating to VoIP is cost, as it equalizes the costs of long distance calls, local calls, and e-mails to fractions of a penny per use. But the real enterprise turn-on is how VoIP empowersbusinesses to mold and customize telecom and datacom solutions using a single, cohesive networking platform. These business drivers are so compelling that legacy telephony is going the way of the dinosaur, yielding to Voice over IP as the dominant enterprise communications paradigm. Developed from real-world experience by a senior developer, O'Reilly's Switching to VoIP provides solutions for the most common VoIP migration challenges. So if you're a network professional who is migrating from a traditional telephony system to a modern, feature-rich network, this book is a must-have. You'lldiscover the strengths and weaknesses of circuit-switched and packet-switched networks, how VoIP systems impact network infrastructure, as well as solutions for common challenges involved with IP voice migrations. Among the challenges discussed and projects presented: building a softPBX configuring IP phones ensuring quality of service scalability standards-compliance topological considerations coordinating a complete system ?switchover? migrating applications like voicemail and directoryservices retro-interfacing to traditional telephony supporting mobile users security and survivability dealing with the challenges of NAT To help you grasp the core principles at work, Switching to VoIP uses a combination of strategy and hands-on how-to that introduce VoIP routers and media gateways, various makes of IP telephone equipment, legacy analog phones, IPTables and Linux firewalls, and the Asterisk open source PBX software by Digium.You'll learn how to build an IP-based or legacy-compatible phone system and voicemail system complete with e-mail integration while becoming familiar with VoIP protocols and devices. Switching to VoIP remains vendor-neutral and advocates standards, not brands. Some of the standards explored include: SIP H.323, SCCP, and IAX Voice codecs 802.3af Type of Service, IP precedence, DiffServ, and RSVP 802.1a/b/g WLAN If VoIP has your attention, like so many others, then Switching to VoIP will help you build your own system, install it, and begin making calls. It's the only thing left between you and a modern telecom network.

Sidestep VoIP Catastrophe the Foolproof Hacking Exposed Way "This book illuminates how remote users can probe, sniff, and modify your phones, phone switches, and networks that offer VoIP services. Most importantly, the authors offer solutions to mitigate the risk of deploying VoIP technologies." --Ron Gula, CTO of Tenable Network Security Block debilitating VoIP attacks by learning how to look at your network and devices through the eyes of the malicious intruder. Hacking Exposed VoIP shows you, step-by-step, how online criminals perform reconnaissance, gain access, steal data, and penetrate vulnerable systems. All hardware-specific and network-centered security issues are covered alongside detailed countermeasures, in-depth examples, and hands-on implementation techniques. Inside, you'll learn how to defend against the latest DoS, man-in-the-middle, call flooding, eavesdropping, VoIP fuzzing, signaling and audio manipulation, Voice SPAM/SPIT, and voice phishing attacks. Find out how hackers footprint, scan, enumerate, and pilfer VoIP networks and hardware Fortify Cisco, Avaya, and Asterisk systems Prevent DNS poisoning, DHCP exhaustion, and ARP table manipulation Thwart number harvesting, call pattern tracking, and conversation eavesdropping Measure and maintain VoIP network quality of service and VoIP conversation quality Stop DoS and packet flood-based attacks from disrupting SIP proxies and phones Counter REGISTER hijacking, INVITE flooding, and BYE call teardown attacks Avoid insertion/mixing of malicious audio Learn about voice SPAM/SPIT and how to prevent it Defend against voice phishing and identity theft scams

Understand how new network technologies impact VoIP! Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) is revolutionizing the way people communicate – both in the corporate world and in personal life. The enormous success of VoIP has led to its adoption in a wide range of networking technologies. Each network technology has its unique features and poses distinct challenges for the performance of VoIP. VoIP: Wireless, P2P and New Enterprise Voice over IPdescribes the issues arising in the deployment of VoIP in an emerging heterogeneous network environment. Along with a brief overview of the concepts, protocols, algorithms, and equipment involved in realizing VoIP, this book focuses on two areas: quality and performance issues in deploying VoIP over various network settings, and the new mechanisms and protocols in these emerging networks to assist the deployment of VoIP. VoIP: Wireless, P2P and New Enterprise Voice over IP: Discusses the basics of VoIP, VoIP codecs and VoIP Protocols including SIP and H.323. Details new technologies such as P2P technology, VoWiFi, WiMax, and 3G Networks. Explains the QoS issues arising from deploying VoIP using the new technologies. Solves the performance issues that arise when VoIP is deployed over different network technologies. This book is an invaluable resource for professional network engineers, designers, managers, researchers, decision makers and project managers overseeing VoIP implementations. Market analysts, consultants, and those studying advanced undergraduate and graduate courses on data, voice and multimedia communications will also find this book insightful.