[VOIPSEC] New Blue Box podcasts out covering SIP botnets, signalling encryption, rogue firmware and more... (and also a Facebook group for fans)

[dan_york at Mitel.com]

VOIPSEC readers,

I uploaded today the latest podcast (Blue Box #58) from Jonathan and I 
where we primarily talked about the issues around SIP/VoIP botnets:

  http://www.blueboxpodcast.com/2007/05/blue_box_58_the.html

We also continued our ongoing "mini-tutorial" series with a discussion of 
phone software/firmware and the issue of rogue firmware loads.

I realized that I never posted it to this list, but last week, Blue Box 
#57 also went up:

  http://www.blueboxpodcast.com/2007/05/blue_box_57.html

where we had a mini-tutorial on call signalling encryption, talked about 
VoIP eavesdropping and covered some other VoIP security news.

Finally, if any of you are users of the Facebook social networking site, I 
recently created a "group" there for fans of Blue Box:

  http://www.blueboxpodcast.com/2007/05/facebook_group_.html

Not really sure what, if anything, we're going to do with that group... 
it's all just part of the ongoing experimentation about: a) how sites like 
these can be used to encourage discussion of VoIP security; b) how they 
can be used to foster a greater sense of community among podcast 
listeners; and c) how sites like these are changing how we communicate. If 
you happen to be a Facebook user and want to join the group, please feel 
free to do so.

Enjoy,
Dan

-- 
Dan York, CISSP
Dir of IP Technology, Office of the CTO
Mitel       http://www.mitel.com
dan_york at mitel.com +1-613-592-2122
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