Synopsis: A brief show with VoIP security news, our listener survey and more
Welcome to Blue Box: The VoIP Security Podcast show #25, a 20-minute podcast from Dan York and Jonathan Zar with news and commentary about the world of VoIP security. This show also introduces our listener survey.
Reminder: There will not be a show next week as Dan will be away.
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Comments, suggestions and feedback are welcome either as replies to this post or via e-mail to blueboxpodcast@gmail.com. Audio comments sent as attached MP3 files are definitely welcome and will be played in future shows. You may also call the listener comment line at +1-206-338-6654 to leave a comment there.
In this show we also mentioned our new promotion – anyone submitting audio comments (either by email or calling the comment line) during April will be eligible for a drawing for a free copy of "Practical VoIP Security" from Syngress Press. Many thanks to Bruce Stewart and the folks at O’Reilly & Associates (who distribute Syngress books) for providing this book.
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!
- 02:45 – Discussion of language in comments and desire to keep the show "work- and family-safe"
- 03:57 – Mention of Dan’s impending visit to the Podcast Academy at Boston University
- 04:24 – Tutorials in May – would you be interested in participating?
- 04:37 – VOIPSA has launched a new VoIP security-related weblog
- 05:26 – CNET (published by Znet): VoIP products could face export crackdown
- 07:40 – The Register: Security pros give VoIP the brush-off
- 08:33 – Sci-Tech Today: Symantec tunes up IM Monitoring
- 09:14 – Daily Tech: Intel Details Hardware Acellerated VoIP (also IT Week UK )
- 09:54 – Aswath: How COULD Skype support CALEA? (tip of the hat to Ken Camp’s blog )
- 11:45 – TMC.Net: Cloudmark Detects – and Thwarts – New VoIP Phishing Threat Discovered on its Network – See also:
- InformationWeek: Phishers Snare Victims with VoIP
- Techweb wire )
- TechWorld UK (via IDG): VoIP technology aids phishers
- Dan’s blog rant about all of this
- 15:09 – Comment from Mike Thompson with feedback about the show
- 16:26 – Introduction of our our listener survey
- 17:56 – Review of the last week’s traffic on the VOIPSEC public mailing list. Discussion around identity management and VoIP, IPSec and VoIP security, and the "phishers snare victims with VoIP" article
- 18:35 – Wrap-up, info about how to leave comments, upcoming shows, etc.
- 19:42 – End of show
Comments, suggestions and feedback are welcome either as replies to this post or via e-mail to blueboxpodcast@gmail.com. Audio comments sent as attached MP3 files are definitely welcome and will be played in future shows. You may also call the listener comment line at +1-206-338-6654 to leave a comment there.
Thank you for listening and please do let us know what you think of the show.