How to Cheat at Voip Security (How to Cheat)

TITLE : How to Cheat at Voip Security (How to Cheat) (How to Cheat) (Paperback)
AUTHOR : by Thomas Porter (Author), Michael Gough (Author)
PUBLISHER : Syngress publisher
ISBN : 1597491691
EDITION : 1st
PUB DATE : May 15, 2007
LANGUAGE : English
The Perfect Reference for the Multitasked SysAdmin This 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 Isnt Just Another Data Protocol IP telephony uses the Internet
architecture, similar to any other data application. However, from a
security administrators 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 Messaging Learn about the types
of security attacks you need to protect against within your voice
messaging system.
* Understand the VoIP Communication Architectures Understand 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 Environments Learn the services,
features, and security implications of DNS, TFTP, HTTP, SNMP, DHCP,
RSVP, SDP, and SKINNY.
* Securing the Whole VoIP Infrastructure Learn about Denial-of-Service
attacks, VoIP service disruption, call hijacking and interception,
H.323-specific attacks, and SIP-specific attacks.
* Authorized Access Begins with Authentication Learn the methods of
verifying both the user identity and the device identity in order to
secure a VoIP network.
* Understand Skype Security Skype 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 Policy Use 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
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