[VOIPSEC] VoIP and Fraud

[Michael Todd]

No, this has not changed, and recent hacks to the Motorola Surfboard 
line of modems enable passive monitoring of traffic on the network. 
Also, most cable providers provide hardware that provide for encryption 
possibilities but few to none actually enable them or even have the 
infrastructure to do so.
Rubino, Mark (Mark) wrote:

>This may be an interesting discussion. Regarding possible
>vulnerabilities...
>
>I'm thinking that toll fraud would most likely be an issue from cable
>access Voip. 
>It should be easy enough (with an existing high speed cable account) to
>packet capture the cable
>And identify other subscribers using the voip service. A few changes to
>the NIC card and
>IP address, maybe an open source Softphone or a Softphone copy of
>whatever vendor the
>cable company uses for voip...
>
>You can possibly extend this toll fraud to people with cable access and
>wireless routers
>(drive by toll fraud?)
>
>This may not be possible today but in the past I was under the
>impression that the high speed
>Cable service was provided to end users in a bridged/hub like network
>environment. Has this
>Changed?
>
> 
>
> 
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Voipsec-bounces at voipsa.org [mailto:Voipsec-bounces at voipsa.org] On
>Behalf Of Mahesh Thakkar
>Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2005 3:33 AM
>To: Voipsec at voipsa.org
>Subject: [VOIPSEC] VoIP and Fraud
>
>Dear All,
>
>I am new to VoIP, but not to communication. I am in telecom for the last
>7 years (GSM) and looking after Revenue Assurance and Fraud. I would
>like to know what are the vulnerabilities of VoIP and loop holes for
>fraud in practical day to day business and how one can protect or be
>prepared to act against VoIP fraud.
>
>Responses are highly appreciated
>
>--
>Mahesh Thakkar
>
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