Category Archives: VoIP Security

Blue Box Special Edition #18: Session Border Controllers (SBCs) – Interviews with Covergence and Borderware about the SBC

Synopsis: Session Border Controller (SBC) Special – Martyn Davies interviews Rod Hodgman from Covergence and Jeff Carr from Borderware about their products and the role of the SBC.


Welcome to Blue Box: The VoIP Security Podcast Special Edition #18, a 33-minute podcast of interviews by Martyn Davies of Rod Hodgman from Covergence and Jeff Carr from Borderware about their products and the role of the SBC and the question "Do SBCs break the rules of SIP?"

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This Session Border Controller (SBC) special
features two back-to-back interviews with Rod Hodgman from Covergence (www.covergence.com) and Jeff Carr from
Borderware (www.borderware.com).

In the first interview, Martyn Davies speaks
to Rod Hodgman, VP of Marketing at Covergence, about their SBC product
line, Eclipse.  Rod talks about SBCs that support peering and access edge
applications, and then focuses on access edge features such as NAT traversal and
DoS protection.  The discussion also covers software vs. appliance; OS
hardening, ATCA and media acceleration.  Rod answers the question "do SBCs
break the rules of SIP?", and tells us a user story.

In the second part, Martyn speaks to Jeff Carr, VP of the SIP Solutions Group at Borderware, about their software SBC, SIPAssure.  Jeff talks about the access edge, SPIT (Internet Telephony SPAM): content filtering and reputation management; firewall vs. SBC.  He also tackles the question "do SBCs break the rules of SIP?", and goes on to tell us a story about one of their OEM customers.

We thank Martyn for contributing these interviews.

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 either +1-206-350-2583 or via SIP to ‘bluebox@voipuser.org‘ to leave a comment there.

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(P.S. In the spirit of full disclosure, I’ll note that one of the customer stories turns out to be my employer, but I had no clue about that as this was entirely Martyn’s production.)

Blue Box #61: IETF framework to fight SPIT, VoIP security video, new tools, voip security news, listener comments and only a brief mention of the iPhone

Synopsis: Blue Box #61: IETF framework to fight SPIT, VoIP security video, new tools, voip security news, listener comments and only a brief mention of the iPhone


Welcome to Blue Box: The VoIP Security Podcast #61, a 29-minute podcast  from Dan York and Jonathan Zar covering VoIP security news, comments and opinions.   

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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 either +1-206-350-2583 or via SIP to ‘bluebox@voipuser.org‘ to leave a comment there. 

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Blue Box #60: new VoIP security offerings from CheckPoint, VoIPShield, VoIP and business continuity, CALEA, new VoIP Security book, NAC mini-tutorial, more on botnets, listener comments and more

Synopsis: Blue Box #60: new VoIP security offerings from CheckPoint, VoIPShield, VoIP and business continuity, CALEA, new VoIP Security book, NAC mini-tutorial, more on botnets, listener comments and more


Welcome to Blue Box: The VoIP Security Podcast #60, a 28-minute podcast  from Dan York and Jonathan Zar covering VoIP security news, comments and opinions.   

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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 either +1-206-350-2583 or via SIP to ‘bluebox@voipuser.org‘ to leave a comment there. 

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Blue Box Dinner: Monday, June 11, Stockholm, Sweden

Given that several of us will be attending VON Europe Spring 2007, we thought it made sense to get together for a dinner in Stockholm.  So far, Martyn Davies, Dean Elwood, Miguel Garcia and a number of others will be there.  Where is it?  Currently the plan (which might change) is:

DATE:  Monday, June 11, 2007
TIME:  7:00 pm
PLACE:  TGI Fridays, Hamngatan 19, 1147 Stockholm

It is apparently less than 1km from the Central Station and the closest metro stations are T-Central (red, green and blue lines) and Kungstradgarden (blue line).

If you want to join us at the dinner, please leave a reply to this blog posting or drop us an email (blog reply preferred so that others can see).  Anyone attending the conference – or living/working/visiting in Stockholm – is welcome to attend.

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Blue Box #59: 802.1X mini-tutorial, new VoIP security vulnerabilities, new security tools, the biggest threat to VoIP? … botnets hitting Estonia… and chimichangas and sushi trains…

Synopsis: 802.1X mini-tutorial, new VoIP security vulnerabilities, new security tools, the biggest threat to VoIP? … botnets hitting Estonia…  and chimichangas and sushi trains…


Welcome to Blue Box: The VoIP Security Podcast #59, a 55-minute podcast  from Dan York and Jonathan Zar covering VoIP security news, comments and opinions.   

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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 either +1-206-350-2583 or via SIP to ‘bluebox@voipuser.org‘ to leave a comment there. 

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Blue Box #58: The SIP Botnet edition – VoIP bots are here, now what? Also rogue firmware mini-tutorial, other VoIP security news, listener comments, more…

Synopsis: The SIP Botnet edition – VoIP bots are here, now what?  Also rogue firmware mini-tutorial, other VoIP security news, listener comments, more…


Welcome to Blue Box: The VoIP Security Podcast #58, a 35-minute podcast  from Dan York and Jonathan Zar covering VoIP security news, comments and opinions.   

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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 either +1-206-350-2583 or via SIP to ‘bluebox@voipuser.org‘ to leave a comment there. 

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Blue Box #57: Call signaling encryption mini-tutorial, VoIP eavesdropping, VoIP security news, listener comments and men in white vans…

Synopsis: Call signaling encryption mini-tutorial, VoIP eavesdropping, VoIP security news, listener comments and men in white vans…


Welcome to Blue Box: The VoIP Security Podcast #57, a 35-minute podcast  from Dan York and Jonathan Zar covering VoIP security news, comments and opinions.   

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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 either +1-206-350-2583 or via SIP to ‘bluebox@voipuser.org‘ to leave a comment there. 

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Blue Box #56 – Voice encryption tutorial, Skype worm, McAfee’s Sage Journal, Zfone, VoIP security news, listener comments and more…

Synopsis: Voice encryption tutorial, Skype worm, McAfee’s Sage Journal, Zfone, VoIP security news, listener comments and more… 


UPDATE – April 24: Unfortunately, due to an error in coding the appropriate enclosure (now fixed) many of you who subscribe via RSS will have downloaded a PDF file instead of the MP3 file. My apologies, and you’ll need to unfortunately download the file directly from the website at this point.


Welcome to Blue Box: The VoIP Security Podcast #56, a 38-minute podcast  from Dan York and Jonathan Zar covering VoIP security news, comments and opinions.   

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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 either +1-206-350-2583 or via SIP to ‘bluebox@voipuser.org‘ to leave a comment there. 

Thank you for listening and please do let us know what you think of the show.

Blue Box #55: IP phone security vulnerabilities, SIP fuzzing, Phil Zimmermann, ZRTP and IETF, Skype security, listener comments and a brief final commentary about visiting the pyramids in Egypt

Synopsis: IP phone security vulnerabilities, SIP fuzzing, Phil Zimmermann, ZRTP and IETF, Skype security, listener comments and a brief final commentary about visiting the pyramids in Egypt


Welcome to Blue Box: The VoIP Security Podcast #55, a 78-minute podcast  from Dan York and Jonathan Zar covering VoIP security news, comments and opinions.   

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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 either +1-206-350-2583 or via SIP to ‘bluebox@voipuser.org‘ to leave a comment there. 

Thank you for listening and please do let us know what you think of the show.

Blue Box SE #17: Interview with Saverio Niccolini from NEC about efforts to combat SPIT

Synopsis: Interview with Saverio Niccolini from NEC about efforts to combat SPIT.


Welcome to Blue Box: The VoIP Security Podcast Special Edition #17, a 9-minute podcast of an interview by Martyn Davies of Saverio Niccolini from NEC about efforts to combat Spam-for-Internet-Telephony (SPIT). The interview took place at the 3GSM World Congress 2007 held February 12-15, 2007, in Barcelona, Spain.

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At the 3GSM World Congress 2007, Blue Box contributor Martyn Davies had a chance to record an interview with Saverio Niccolini about NEC’s efforts to combat Spam for Internet Telephony (SPIT).  Specifically, they discussed NEC’s new program VOIPSEAL, the prototype of which was unveiled at the 3GSM conference. Saverio is a Senior Research Staff Member in the
Network Laboratories at NEC (www.netlab.nec.de)

Saverio has provided the following links for additional information about the VOIP SEAL solution:

We thank Martyn for contributing this interview and Saverio for his participation.

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 either +1-206-350-2583 or via SIP to ‘bluebox@voipuser.org‘ to leave a comment there.

Thank you for listening and please do let us know what you think of the show.