VoIP Security
Protecting Your PC on the Internet
Sunday, March 15th, 2009With the onslaught of computer hackers, scammers, and viruses that are prevalent around the Internet, it is important to know how and why you should install a firewall. This is your first line of defense between your computer and data that is entering it. It stops your computer being prone to dangerous attacks that can negatively impact upon you.
VoIP Compression Technique Vulnerable to Ease Dropping (CircleID)
Friday, June 13th, 2008Plans to compress internet (VoIP) phone calls so they use less bandwidth could make them vulnerable to eavesdropping. Most networks are currently safe, but many service providers are due to implement the flawed compression technology. A team from John Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, US, has shown that simply measuring the size of packets without decoding them can identify whole words …