Now that VoIP has started to deliver on some of the hype, wouldn't it be a shame if spammers and hackers screwed things up?
Researchers at a handful of leading universities are taking steps to see this doesn't happen.
Armed with a fresh $600,000 from the National Science Foundation, the University of North Texas and others are creating a
testbed to explore VoIP spam, denial-of-service attacks and other threats. Read more about their VoIP security plan here. Also, learn what the companies making up the VoIP Security Alliance are doing to protect VoIP.
VoIP spam, denials of service, 911 services and quality of service will be among the areas targeted for research during the
three-year project. The research will also look at vulnerabilities that emerge from the integration of VoIP and legacy networks.
The group of schools plans to disseminate its findings widely to technology developers, academia and others involved in network
convergence.
Read the full story here.
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