Chapter Seven. VoIP Security

In This Chapter

Security Q&A 126

Secure Your Internet Phone 131

Learn More about VoIP Security 135

As is the tendency with new technologies, especially Internet technologies, security for Internet phone communications came as a bit of an afterthought. For once, however, it was not much of an afterthought. During the creation of the SIP protocol, security was becoming a buzzword in Internet circles. As a result, fairly decent safeguards were built into the design.

This is not to say that hackers will not find ways to mess with you. The game of cat and mouse goes on as we speak. Security researchers (hackers) discover vulnerabilities in Internet protocols, and those with malicious intent (crackers) make use of these discoveries to steal resources, harass users, and insomniate security administrators.

In this chapter, I answer your questions about VoIP security and show you things you can do to make your systems less inviting to the "black hats" out there.