Category: VoIP Security
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VOIPSA “VoIP Security Best Practices” project to launch this week
Continue Reading: VOIPSA “VoIP Security Best Practices” project to launch this week(Originally posted to http://dyork.livejournal.com/249531.html)
Cross-posting from Voice of VOIPSA where I posted this earlier today:
I am pleased to announce that the VOIPSA Best Practices project will be kicking off this week. As noted in the project description, the goal is to gather into one document the core set of “best common practices” that can be used to address the threats to VoIP that were outlined in the VoIP Security Threat Taxonomy project. I’m still making some changes to the wiki in advance of the formal project kickoff, but right now you can subscribe to the best practices email list if you would like to assist in the project. All are welcome, regardless of experience level. If you don’t want to join a mailing list, updates will be posted here on this blog from time to time.
I went into a bit more detail in a subsequent post to the VOIPSEC mailing list, mentioning, for instance, that people who think they will be interested in editing/commenting on the actual text should make sure they are registered in the VOIPSA wiki.
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Click-to-Call, Google Maps, security – and the fundamental disruption to the carrier telephony space
Continue Reading: Click-to-Call, Google Maps, security – and the fundamental disruption to the carrier telephony space(Originally posted at http://dyork.livejournal.com/247741.html)Over on “Voice of VOIPSA“, Dustin Trammel wrote a long post called “Click-to-Harrass” that discusses “click-to-call” services and specifically the new Google Maps click to call capability. I wrote a comment that inadvertantly wound up being almost as long as Dustin’s article. Given that it had been a topic I was thinking about writing about here anyway, I decided to cross-post my comment here as well. Dustin,
Nice piece. TechCrunch also had a post yesterday speculating that Google had pulled Click-To-Call because of harrassment issues, although it seems to have just been a temporary service outage as the service is back running today (used it myself this morning).
The interesting thing, though, is that you can see the immense value to the consumer for this type of service. Over the past few days I’ve been testing it myself with calling various local businesses here in Vermont. I have to say it has worked great. Find them in Google Maps, click the “call” button, wait for the ring of my phone, press the “Talk” button on my wireless handset and… ta da… I’m connecting to the business. It is a little…