Practical VoIP Security [Illustrated] [Paperback]

Thomas Porter (Author), Jan Kanclirz Jr. (Author), Brian Baskin (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 10, 2006 | ISBN-10: 1597490601 | ISBN-13: 978-1597490603 | Edition: 1

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

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

This book was written for the thousands of IT professionals-from CIOs to circuit-switched telecom engineers-who are now responsible for deploying and maintaining secure VoIP networks. The book explains the impact on your VoIP network of PSTN, SIP, H.323, firewalls, NAT, encryption, and the regulatory environment. Coverage includes evaluation, design, integration, and management of VoIP networking components, including IP telephones, gateways, gatekeepers, registration servers, media servers, and proxy servers. Throughout the book, the authors rely on their extensive real-world experience to provide readers with practical applications and solutions.

About the Author

Thomas Porter, Ph.D. (CISSP, CCNP, CCDA, CCSE/SA, ACE, IAM) served as the first Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Avaya, and is currently the Lead Security Architect for Business Communication Consulting and Director of IT Security for the FIFA 2006 World Cup in Germany He is a past member of the IP Security Protocol Working Group, and the Executive Telecommunications Board of the State University of New York. He is currently a member of the IEEE, and OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards).

Product Details

• Paperback: 500 pages
• Publisher: Syngress; 1 edition (June 10, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1597490601
• ISBN-13: 978-1597490603
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.9 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #537,416 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #71 in Books > Computers & Technology > Networking > Telephony

More About the Author

Brian Baskin is a digital forensics professional with cmdLabs, LLC. He was formerly with CSC and acted as the Deputy Lead Technical Engineer with the Defense Cyber Investigations Training Academy (DCITA), part of the Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center (DC3). For over 10 years Brian has worked to research, develop, and train forensic responses to growing network threats. Brian devotes much of his time to researching evolving Internet crimes, network protocol analysis, and Linux and UNIX intrusion responses.

Brian has been involved with multiple book projects with Syngress Publishing and has also served as a subject matter expert for content development for the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C) and the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC).

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars Good book for telecommunications people, June 9, 2009

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R. J. Coppins "old professor" (Midlothian, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Practical VoIP Security (Paperback)

A very good book for getting those with a telecomm background up to speed on network security for VoIP. I only saw one mistake (probably a typo), which is quite acceptable. Those with a background in network security can also use the book to get familiar with those aspects which apply to VoIP. The only real problem is that the book is several years old.

3.0 out of 5 stars for begginer, it only explains basic elements in PBX, and basic terms of VoIP with Asterisk, March 7, 2007

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Edwing Roberto Sagastume "shumes" (Guatemala city, Guatemala C.A.) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Practical VoIP Security (Paperback)

definitively for beginners and people without experience working with PBX or VoIP

This book give an intruduction to the basics elements in PBX,

and when talking abount VoIP, it just make reference to Asterisk Configurations

and about security, please this book only make reference to some basic of security isues

4.0 out of 5 stars Practical VoIP Security, January 11, 2007

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W. Premo (Salisbury, MD) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Practical VoIP Security (Paperback)

I found that this book covers all the bases when it comes to the basics of VoIP Security. Provides a great foundation for anyone who needs to learn about VoIP fast.