[VOIPSEC] Wikipedia page on SPIT/VoIP spam really needssomework...

[Dan York]

Alex,

On Apr 16, 2008, at 3:14 PM, Alex Eckelberry wrote:

> I don't find wikipedia to always be a great source of data for  
> security
> issues...


Oh, absolutely NOT!  In fact it doesn't even remotely hit my list of  
sources of security-related info.  BUT... for better or worse  
Wikipedia has entered into mainstream web usage as a place that people  
often go to find background on various topics.  More to the point,  
*reporters* and others in the media go to Wikipedia, sometimes perhaps  
only as a jumping off point to other sites, but other times as a  
source.  We can argue whether that's right or wrong (or just lazy),  
but it is what it is.  Wikipedia also has good Googlejuice, so if you  
search google on, say "voice spit", it's the #1 entry:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&channel=s&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&hs=PSY&q=voice+spit&btnG=Search

So as an organization (VOIPSA) focused on getting accurate information  
out there around VoIP security issues, it's in our interest, in my  
opinion, to ensure that info in mainstream sites like Wikipedia is  
reasonably accurate.

Dan

P.S. I do appreciate that someone got rid of "vamming"! ;-)  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VoIP_spam

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