Blue Box #50: Grand Central anti-SPIT initiative, Cisco and Ironport, Skype and business, VoIP security news and more

 

Synopsis: Grand Central’s anti-SPIT initiative, Cisco buys Ironport, Skype targets business, other VoIP security news, listener comments and more… 


 

Welcome to Blue Box: The VoIP Security Podcast #50, a 26-minute podcast  from Dan York and Jonathan Zar covering VoIP security news, comments and opinions. 

NOTE: This show was originally recorded January 17, 2007. 

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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 #49: SPIT, Skype security, disposable phone numbers, phishing, VoIP security news, listener comments and more

Synopsis: SPIT, Skype security, disposable phone numbers, phishing, VoIP security news, listener comments and more…


Welcome to Blue Box: The VoIP Security Podcast #49, a 55-minute podcast  from Dan York and Jonathan Zar covering VoIP security news, comments and opinions.

NOTE: This show was originally recorded January 5, 2007, and was delayed with production issues.

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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 “Podcasts by Phone” is back up with a new phone number

For folks wondering whatever happened to the ability to listen to Blue Box podcasts over the phone, the person running the service, "natas", let me know that he had a situation where the provider of the DID phone line stopped providing that service.  He’s got the server back up now with a new provider and a new phone number:

  +1-218-339-8544

Now that it’s back up, he’s going to be updating it with new shows as he only has up to Blue Box #40 in there right now.  So the question of the moment is… who will get done first?  Will natas update the server up through show #48?  Or will I post shows #49 and #50 to the blog?

Seriously, we do appreciate and thank natas for providing this service and we would still be curious to hear people’s feedback about whether or not this service is useful to them.  (It’s all part of the grand experiment here…)

Shows 49 and 50 are in the queue…

If you are wondering why their haven’t been any Blue Box episodes since January 3rd, don’t panic, we haven’t "podfaded".  Shows 49 and 50 have both been recorded and are sitting in a certain producer’s queue for audio post-production and editing.  Unfortunately, that producer, who shall remain nameless but whose last name starts with a "Y", has been a wee bit buried and show #49 ran a bit longer and needs some more editing than many of our episodes.   But they will be out soon….  my apologies for the delay!

Blue Box #48: The Crystal Ball Edition – Top VoIP Security issues of 2006 and predictions for 2007, Skype worm that wasn’t, drive-by SPIT, OpenID, poking holes in firewalls, listener comments and more…

Synopsis: The Crystal Ball Edition – Top VoIP Security issues of 2006 and predictions for 2007, Skype worm that wasn’t, drive-by SPIT, OpenID for SIP authentication, poking holes in firewalls, listener comments and more…


Welcome to Blue Box: The VoIP Security Podcast #48, a 50-minute podcast  from Dan York and Jonathan Zar covering VoIP security news, comments and opinions.

NOTE: For the first time in many shows we had an issue with the recording of the show that introduced gaps and other audio artifacts.  Unfortunately, I was not running my backup recorder and schedules (and holidays) made a retake impractical.  So my apologies… and if you are new to the show, please don’t judge the show by the audio quality of this particular show.

Download the show here (MP3, 23MB) or subscribe to the RSS feed to download the show automatically.

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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 #47: Deflating VoIP security hype, SANS and the need for better VoIP security training, India moves to block Skype and other VoIP, Skype security, tutorials, listener comments and more…

Synopsis: Deflating VoIP security hype, SANS and the need for better VoIP security training, India moves to block Skype and other VoIP,  Skype security, tutorials, listener comments and more…


Welcome to Blue Box: The VoIP Security Podcast #47, a 69-minute podcast  from Dan York and Jonathan Zar covering VoIP security news, comments and opinions.

Download the show here (MP3, 32MB) or subscribe to the RSS feed to download the show automatically.

You may also listen to this podcast right now:


Show Content:

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.

P.S. We didn’t mention the "upcoming shows", but here is the list we have been maintaining:

Blue Box SE #14: Interview with Ken Camp, speaker, author, VoIP blogger and more

Synopsis: Interview with Ken Camp, speaker, author, blogger, consultant and host of the Realtime / Unified Communications Community


Welcome to Blue Box: The VoIP Security Podcast Special Edition #14, a 19-minute podcast where Blue Box host Dan York interviews Ken Camp of the Realtime/Unified Communications Community.

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In this special edition, Dan York sat down with Ken Camp out at the Internet Telephony conference in San Diego in October 2006 to talk about what Ken is doing.  Ken is a speaker, author, blogger, independent consultant and is also the host of the Realtime/Unified Communications Community, which consists of a website, podcast, blog, web forums, document database and more.  Ken’s also just a great guy and is very literate in security matters.  At the Internet Telephony conference, he was moderating multiple panel sessions on VoIP security, including one in which Dan is a panelist.

During the interview, Ken spoke about the sessions there at Internet Telephony, his background, what he’s doing with the Realtime / Unified Communications Community and more.  To read more about what Ken is doing, you can visit:

We appreciate Ken taking the time to speak with us and hope you all enjoy the interview as well.

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 #46: Google click-to-call, Bluetooth, Skype secuity, VOIPSA Best Practices project, VoIP security news, listener comments and more

Synopsis: Google click-to-call, Bluetooth, Skype secuity, VOIPSA Best Practices project, VoIP security news, listener comments and more


Welcome to Blue Box: The VoIP Security Podcast #46, a 49-minute podcast  from Dan York and Jonathan Zar covering VoIP security news, comments and opinions.

Download the show here (MP3, 23MB) or subscribe to the RSS feed to download the show automatically.

You may also listen to this podcast right now:


Show Content:

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 Dinner – Thursday, Dec 7th, London, UK

Given that I (Dan) am going to be over in London in the United Kingdom next week to speak at a Mitel reseller event, we thought we might do a little dinner with Blue Box listeners / VOIPSEC readers.  Martyn Davies is helping and there are already several people coming.  So if the thought of hanging out with some other folks interested in VoIP security is of interest, the details are as follows:

DATE:  Thursday, December 7, 2006
TIME:   TBD, but probably 6 or 7pm-ish
WHERE: Either "Belgo" or "Kettner" in the Soho – Covent Garden area (see the comments for more info)

I’ll update this entry as we finalize info, but if you are interested in attending, please do drop an email to blueboxpodcast@gmail.com with the subject "London Blue Box Dinner" so that we can get an estimate of how many people will be attending.  Looking forward to meeting some of our UK listeners!

Welcome to Blue Box: The VoIP Security Podcast!

Greetings!  Welcome to our little corner of the online world where, from 2005-2008, once a week (roughly) we got together to have a conversation about Voice-over-IP (VoIP) security.  As you look down the page, you’ll see that we have two general types of shows. Our "main" shows are where we get together and discuss the latest VoIP security news, offer commentary on topical issues and play and respond to listener comments.  These shows have been numbered consecutively since our start in October 2005 and generally run about 45 minutes.  Our "Special Edition" podcasts (now designated with a "SE" in the show title) are typically special interviews we have done, presentations we have given or panels/presentations from conferences that we have been able to record.  They are quite diverse and so do vary widely in length.  As you’ll notice in our main shows, we’ve developed a wonderful community of listeners and always welcome comments, contributions or other feedback. Thank you for visiting and we hope you enjoy the shows.  Please do send us your thoughts and comments.

Thank you,
Dan York and Jonathan Zar