Blue Box Podcast #9 – December 21, 2005 | Blue Box: The Voice-over-IP Security Podcast

Synopsis: VoIP security news, year in review, VOIPSEC review

Welcome to Blue Box: The VoIP Security Podcast show #9, a 29-minute podcast (with 4 bonus minutes… read on) from Dan York and Jonathan Zar around news and commentary in the world of VoIP security.

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Show Content:

00:20 – Intro to the show, contact information and how to provide comments. Welcome to all the new listeners. Mention of Frappr map for the show. Please join the map!
02:40 – Mention that we are open to considering other contributors, either as "correspondents" or potentially as another co-host. Drop us an e-mail if you are interested in being considered!
05:25 – Comment section – Mark Collier comments on podcast #7
07:24 – Mark Gerschefske asks about IETF and show notes (anyone interested in helping with show notes?)
11:00 – News section – VoIP Magazine IP Security in a Hosted Environment – written by our guest of last week, Mark Collier
12:00 – Developing Carrier-Grade Security for Service Providers – written by Bogdan Materna of VoiPShield, who will be our interview guest on the week of January 16th
13:05 – Network World: LAN switches to get smarter about VoIP security about Avaya, Extreme and LLDP-MED. (Also mention of Mitel news release)
15:21 – New Mexico Business Weekly: Oh, SPIT! Security woes hit voice over Internet too
16:24 – CSO: INTEROP: Security Experts Urge a ‘Say Yes’ Mindset
17:16 – ComputerWorld Singapore: VoIP beyond the enterprise LAN
17:53 – O’Reilly.com: Andy Oram provides a recap of Fall 2005 VON in an article entitled VoIP is All Business At VON
18:20 – Lockergnome: Need VoIP Security: Get a Tunnel of Tom Cross’ Techtionary.com website.
19:01 – Discussion of what lies ahead in 2006 for VoIP security. Also included mention of two Skype-related postings:
- Tom Keating: Block Skype – discussion of blocking Skype including directions of how to configure SonicWALL firewalls to do so
- Rich Tehrani: Skype fear – speaks to the fact that Skype is a development platform and could allow apps using the Skype APIs to ride the Skype connections into your network
25:16 – Review of the last week’s traffic on the VOIPSEC public mailing list. Major topics this week included a continued discussion of a list of VoIP vulnerabilities, assessing Skype’s network impact, questions from graduate students.
26:38 – Wrapup of the show: upcoming shows, notes about contributing, information about how to provide comments.
28:38 – End of show

Also, as a holiday bonus – and because podcasts all over the Internet are participating in this effort, after the regular show outro around 29 minutes, the show includes the UNICEF-benefit song "If Every Day Were Christmas" created by Podsafe for Peace, a collaboration of 32 artists in 9 countries very much along the lines of the "We Are The World" effort back in 1985 – only this time the artists did not physically meet and it was all put together digitally. If you have not heard it yet, it is well worth a listen.

NO PODCAST NEXT WEEK! We are taking a break for the holidays but will be back with a new show on the week of January 2nd. Have a great holiday season… and we will catch up with you in the new year…

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