Comments on: Underpowered Hardware http://voipsa.org/blog/2008/02/21/underpowered-hardware/ Collective thoughts and musings on the state of VoIP security today. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:59:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Sipera VIPER Lab » Blog Archive » Don’t ignore the classic attacks when securing VoIP http://voipsa.org/blog/2008/02/21/underpowered-hardware/#comment-165416 Sipera VIPER Lab » Blog Archive » Don’t ignore the classic attacks when securing VoIP Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:09:30 +0000 http://voipsa.org/blog/2008/02/21/underpowered-hardware/#comment-165416 [...] communication device and a call delayed is a call denied. Additionally, typical VoIP phones have underpowered  hardware making them less tolerant to simple resource exhaustion [...] [...] communication device and a call delayed is a call denied. Additionally, typical VoIP phones have underpowered  hardware making them less tolerant to simple resource exhaustion [...]

]]> By: Sachin Joglekar http://voipsa.org/blog/2008/02/21/underpowered-hardware/#comment-165125 Sachin Joglekar Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:24:00 +0000 http://voipsa.org/blog/2008/02/21/underpowered-hardware/#comment-165125 The problem of resource exhaustion can be dealt by -- 1. Adding horse power to the phone hardware (but this may be cost prohibitive to the vendors as you mentioned). 2. Adding an IPS device in the VoIP network to monitor and control traffic going towards the phone (this requires enterprises and providers to invest in a scalable device upfront). The problem of resource exhaustion can be dealt by –

1. Adding horse power to the phone hardware (but this may be cost prohibitive to the vendors as you mentioned).

2. Adding an IPS device in the VoIP network to monitor and control traffic going towards the phone (this requires enterprises and providers to invest in a scalable device upfront).

]]> By: Larry http://voipsa.org/blog/2008/02/21/underpowered-hardware/#comment-159217 Larry Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:45:26 +0000 http://voipsa.org/blog/2008/02/21/underpowered-hardware/#comment-159217 Everyone start saving for life cycle replacement of your phones! Everyone start saving for life cycle replacement of your phones!

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