Published by: SYNGRESS MEDIA
Author: Jan Kanclirz, Jr., Andy Zmolek, Choon Shim, Larry Chaffin, Thomas Porter
Number of pages: 556
Group: NETWORKS - VOIP
ISBN: 1597490601/9781597490603
User level: Intermediate/Advance
Objective: Reference
Date Published: April 2006
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Your Hands-On Guide to Voice over IP (VoIP)

This book was written for the thousands of IT
professionals-from CIOs to
circuit-switched telecom engineers-who are now
responsible for deploying and
maintaining secure VoIP networks. The book explains the
impact on your VoIP network
of PSTN, SIP, H.323, firewalls, NAT, encryption, and the
regulatory environment.
Coverage includes evaluation, design, integration, and
management of VoIP networking
components, including IP telephones, gateways,
gatekeepers, registration servers,
media servers, and proxy servers. Throughout the book,
the authors rely on their
extensive real-world experience to provide readers with
practical applications and
solutions.


VoIP Isn't Just Another Data Protocol
IP telephony uses the Internet architecture, similar
to any other data application.
However, from a security administrator's point of
view, VoIP is different.
Understand why.



What Functionality Is Gained, Degraded, or Enhanced on
a VoIP Network?
Find out the issues associated with quality of
service, emergency 911 service, and
the major benefits of VoIP.



The Security Considerations of Voice Messaging
Learn about the types of security attacks you need to
protect against within your
voice messaging system.



VoIP and the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN)
Understand PSTN: what is it, and how does it work?



VoIP Communication Architectures
See how products like Skype, H.248, IAX, and Microsoft
Live Communications Server
2005



The Support Protocols of VoIP Environments
Learn the services, features, and security
implications of DNS, TFTP, HTTP, SNMP,
DHCP, RSVP, SDP, and SKINNY.



Securing the Whole VoIP Infrastructure
Your guide to Denial-of-Service attacks, VoIP service
disruption, call hijacking
and interception, H.323-specific attacks, and
SIP-specific attacks.



Authorized Access Begins with Authentication
Learn the methods of verifying both the user identity
and the device identity in
order to secure a VoIP network.



Secure Internet Mail
See how S/MIME provides cryptographic security
services for electronic messaging
applications.