Synopsis:  Blue Box Special Edition #25: An interview with Eric Hernaez, CEO of Solegy, about the OpenSBC project

Welcome to Blue Box: The VoIP Security Podcast Special Edition #25, a 13-minute podcast  from Dan York and Jonathan Zar covering VoIP security news, comments and opinions.   

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In this interview, I sat down with Eric Hernaez, CEO of Solegy, to talk about the OpenSBC Project and how it provides an open source implementation of a session border controller (SBC).  We talked about how OpenSBC came about, who is using it, how scalable it is and where users can learn more.  We also discussed Solegy, the company supporting the open source OpenSBC project and what they are doing. It was an enjoyable talk that really came about randomly when I met Eric near the press room at IT Expo in Los Angeles back in September 2007. We had been wanting to learn more about the OpenSBC project so I put my recorder on a table and we started talking.

More information about the OpenSBC project and other open source SIP-related projects can be found at opensourcesip.org.

Production assistance on this Special Edition was provided by Sergio Meinardi.

Comments, suggestions and feedback are welcome either as replies to this post  or via e-mail to blueboxpodcast@gmail.com.  Audio comments sent as attached MP3 files are definitely welcome and will be played in future shows.  You may also call the listener comment line at either +1-415-830-5439 or via SIP to 'bluebox@voipuser.org' to leave a comment there. 

Thank you for listening and please do let us know what you think of the show.

Synopsis:  Blue Box Special Edition #25: An interview with Eric Hernaez, CEO of Solegy, about the OpenSBC project

Welcome to Blue Box: The VoIP Security Podcast Special Edition #25, a 13-minute podcast  from Dan York and Jonathan Zar covering VoIP security news, comments and opinions.   

Download the show here (MP3, 6MB) or subscribe to the RSS feed to download the show automatically. 

You may also listen to this podcast right now:

Show Content:

In this interview, I sat down with Eric Hernaez, CEO of Solegy, to talk about the OpenSBC Project and how it provides an open source implementation of a session border controller (SBC).  We talked about how OpenSBC came about, who is using it, how scalable it is and where users can learn more.  We also discussed Solegy, the company supporting the open source OpenSBC project and what they are doing. It was an enjoyable talk that really came about randomly when I met Eric near the press room at IT Expo in Los Angeles back in September 2007. We had been wanting to learn more about the OpenSBC project so I put my recorder on a table and we started talking.

More information about the OpenSBC project and other open source SIP-related projects can be found at opensourcesip.org.

Production assistance on this Special Edition was provided by Sergio Meinardi.

Comments, suggestions and feedback are welcome either as replies to this post  or via e-mail to blueboxpodcast@gmail.com.  Audio comments sent as attached MP3 files are definitely welcome and will be played in future shows.  You may also call the listener comment line at either +1-415-830-5439 or via SIP to 'bluebox@voipuser.org' to leave a comment there. 

Thank you for listening and please do let us know what you think of the show.

Synopsis:  Blue Box #79: Asterisk vulnerabilities, VoiceCon/VON coverage, eavesdropping, FBI, ZFone, P2P, VoIP security news and more

Welcome to Blue Box: The VoIP Security Podcast #78, a 32-minute podcast  from Dan York and Jonathan Zar covering VoIP security news, comments and opinions.   

Download the show here (MP3, 15MB) or subscribe to the RSS feed to download the show automatically. 

NOTE: This show was originally recorded on March 27, 2008. Yes, that was over two months ago... we know...

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Show Content:

• 00:20 - Intro to the show, contact information and how to provide comments.  Welcome to all the new listeners - and to all those listeners who have been here for so long! 
• MANY thanks for all the offers of audio production assistance


• Dan met with Craig Bowser down at VoiceCon, also David Endler, Mark Collier, etc.


• Jonathan met with Dean Elwood, Martyn Davies, etc.


• Four Asterisk vulnerabilities


• The Economist: Bugging The Cloud


• Forbes: How to Make Your Phone Untappable


• VoIP News: VoIP: Who Might Be Spying on Your Communications? (Hint – It’s Not Just the NSA


• VoIP News: Listen Up: 17 Signs That You Are Being Wiretapped


• eChannelLine: Businesses lagging in securing VoIP (also ComputerWeekly.com and news release )


• eChannelLine: Ingate launches enhanced security for VoIP and SIP (also Enterprise VoIPPlanet )


• Voice of VOIPSA: Hacking Zyxel Gateways


• Voice of VOIPSA: Vishing Attacks


• Voice of VOIPSA: FBI VoIP Surveillance Requirements Leaked (also in FierceVoIP and Slashdot )


• Voice of VOIPSA: Hackers Send Thousands of Fake Calls to Deaf People


• SnapVoIP: Unified Communications in Virtual Worlds to Solve ‘Tower of Babel’ for Intelligence Agencies


• Israeli-made Cryptophone attracts world spy agencies pointing to product site


• BlogInfoSec.com: Save The Whales (about a new form of phishing)


• Network Computing: Your Data and the P2P Peril


• NetQoS: VoIP Monitor 1.1 released


• PC World: FaceTime Security Product Scans Skype’s Encrypted IM and news release


• Sipera IPCS Solution for Teleworkers Rated ‘Avaya Compliant’


• Extreme Networks Boosts Security for Converged Voice and Data Networks with New Tools
• Review of the last week's traffic on the VOIPSEC public mailing list 


• Wrap-up of the show


• 32:27 - End of show 

Comments, suggestions and feedback are welcome either as replies to this post  or via e-mail to blueboxpodcast@gmail.com.  Audio comments sent as attached MP3 files are definitely welcome and will be played in future shows.  You may also call the listener comment line at either +1-415-830-5439 or via SIP to 'bluebox@voipuser.org' to leave a comment there. 

Thank you for listening and please do let us know what you think of the show.

Synopsis:  Blue Box #79: Asterisk vulnerabilities, VoiceCon/VON coverage, eavesdropping, FBI, ZFone, P2P, VoIP security news and more

Welcome to Blue Box: The VoIP Security Podcast #78, a 32-minute podcast  from Dan York and Jonathan Zar covering VoIP security news, comments and opinions.   

Download the show here (MP3, 15MB) or subscribe to the RSS feed to download the show automatically. 

NOTE: This show was originally recorded on March 27, 2008. Yes, that was over two months ago... we know...

You may also listen to this podcast right now:

Show Content:

• 00:20 - Intro to the show, contact information and how to provide comments.  Welcome to all the new listeners - and to all those listeners who have been here for so long! 
• MANY thanks for all the offers of audio production assistance


• Dan met with Craig Bowser down at VoiceCon, also David Endler, Mark Collier, etc.


• Jonathan met with Dean Elwood, Martyn Davies, etc.


• Four Asterisk vulnerabilities


• The Economist: Bugging The Cloud


• Forbes: How to Make Your Phone Untappable


• VoIP News: VoIP: Who Might Be Spying on Your Communications? (Hint – It’s Not Just the NSA


• VoIP News: Listen Up: 17 Signs That You Are Being Wiretapped


• eChannelLine: Businesses lagging in securing VoIP (also ComputerWeekly.com and news release )


• eChannelLine: Ingate launches enhanced security for VoIP and SIP (also Enterprise VoIPPlanet )


• Voice of VOIPSA: Hacking Zyxel Gateways


• Voice of VOIPSA: Vishing Attacks


• Voice of VOIPSA: FBI VoIP Surveillance Requirements Leaked (also in FierceVoIP and Slashdot )


• Voice of VOIPSA: Hackers Send Thousands of Fake Calls to Deaf People


• SnapVoIP: Unified Communications in Virtual Worlds to Solve ‘Tower of Babel’ for Intelligence Agencies


• Israeli-made Cryptophone attracts world spy agencies pointing to product site


• BlogInfoSec.com: Save The Whales (about a new form of phishing)


• Network Computing: Your Data and the P2P Peril


• NetQoS: VoIP Monitor 1.1 released


• PC World: FaceTime Security Product Scans Skype’s Encrypted IM and news release


• Sipera IPCS Solution for Teleworkers Rated ‘Avaya Compliant’


• Extreme Networks Boosts Security for Converged Voice and Data Networks with New Tools
• Review of the last week's traffic on the VOIPSEC public mailing list 


• Wrap-up of the show


• 32:27 - End of show 

Comments, suggestions and feedback are welcome either as replies to this post  or via e-mail to blueboxpodcast@gmail.com.  Audio comments sent as attached MP3 files are definitely welcome and will be played in future shows.  You may also call the listener comment line at either +1-415-830-5439 or via SIP to 'bluebox@voipuser.org' to leave a comment there. 

Thank you for listening and please do let us know what you think of the show.

Synopsis:  Blue Box #78: Cisco IP phone vulnerabilties, WiFi handset insecurity, IETF security-related news, VoIP security news, listener comments and more

Welcome to Blue Box: The VoIP Security Podcast #78, a 40-minute podcast  from Dan York and Jonathan Zar covering VoIP security news, comments and opinions.   

Download the show here (MP3, 17MB) or subscribe to the RSS feed to download the show automatically. 

NOTE: This show was originally recorded on February 25, 2008. Yes, that was two months ago... we know!

You may also listen to this podcast right now:

Show Content:

• 00:20 - Intro to the show, contact information and how to provide comments.  Welcome to all the new listeners - and to all those listeners who have been here for so long! 
• new comment line +1-415-830-5439
• Special Edition #23 with Sonus Networks
• Squawk Box podcast about voice phishing ??? also this article Vishing: The Latest, and Greatest, Security Concern
• Cisco: Cisco Unified IP Phone Overflow and DoS Vulnerabilities and Dustin Trammell???s coverage
• ZDNet: Design flaw in wireless VoIP handsets endanger the enterprise followed by Cisco confirms vulnerability in 7921 WiFi IP phone
• Voice of VOIPSA: Slides about P2PSIP security new available
• Voice of VOIPSA: RUCUS mailing list & BOF
• Voice of VOIPSA: End-to-end VoIP security using DTLS-SRTP
• Also a whole bunch on SIP Identity
• SIP Torture Tests for IPv6 now out in RFC 5118
• SIP Usage Scenarios Similar to SPIT
• SPEERMINT Security BCPs
• SIP Identity Baiting Attack
• Concerns around Applicability of RFC 4474
• VoIP Hopper 0.9.9 released (site ) ??? Thanks to Frank Leonhardt for the info.
• VoIP News: Is Someone Listening to Your VoIP Calls? (linked to from ZDNet )
• ZDNet: Cracking GSM
• TMCnet- Practicing Safe OCS
• TMCnet- Security Attack of the Day (Tom Cross starts blogging for TMCnet)
• Speaking of Tom, Techtionary.com Releases SIP Security Checklist
• Voice of VOIPSA: SIPTap Author forms VoIP Security Company (by Craig Bowser!)
• Voice of VOIPSA: Underpowered Hardware
• Project Spider ??? about SPIT
• CBC: Bell recovers stolen data on 3.4 million customers
• Comment (email) from Larry Farmer
• Comment (email) from Shlomo Dubrowin
• Comment (email) about SE #23
• Review of the last week's traffic on the VOIPSEC public mailing list 
• Wrap-up of the show
• 40:01 - End of show 

Comments, suggestions and feedback are welcome either as replies to this post  or via e-mail to blueboxpodcast@gmail.com.  Audio comments sent as attached MP3 files are definitely welcome and will be played in future shows.  You may also call the listener comment line at either +1-415-830-5439 or via SIP to 'bluebox@voipuser.org' to leave a comment there. 

Thank you for listening and please do let us know what you think of the show.

Synopsis:  Blue Box #78: Cisco IP phone vulnerabilties, WiFi handset insecurity, IETF security-related news, VoIP security news, listener comments and more

Welcome to Blue Box: The VoIP Security Podcast #78, a 40-minute podcast  from Dan York and Jonathan Zar covering VoIP security news, comments and opinions.   

Download the show here (MP3, 17MB) or subscribe to the RSS feed to download the show automatically. 

NOTE: This show was originally recorded on February 25, 2008. Yes, that was two months ago... we know!

You may also listen to this podcast right now:

Show Content:

• 00:20 - Intro to the show, contact information and how to provide comments.  Welcome to all the new listeners - and to all those listeners who have been here for so long! 
• new comment line +1-415-830-5439
• Special Edition #23 with Sonus Networks
• Squawk Box podcast about voice phishing – also this article Vishing: The Latest, and Greatest, Security Concern
• Cisco: Cisco Unified IP Phone Overflow and DoS Vulnerabilities and Dustin Trammell’s coverage
• ZDNet: Design flaw in wireless VoIP handsets endanger the enterprise followed by Cisco confirms vulnerability in 7921 WiFi IP phone
• Voice of VOIPSA: Slides about P2PSIP security new available
• Voice of VOIPSA: RUCUS mailing list & BOF
• Voice of VOIPSA: End-to-end VoIP security using DTLS-SRTP
• Also a whole bunch on SIP Identity
• SIP Torture Tests for IPv6 now out in RFC 5118
• SIP Usage Scenarios Similar to SPIT
• SPEERMINT Security BCPs
• SIP Identity Baiting Attack
• Concerns around Applicability of RFC 4474
• VoIP Hopper 0.9.9 released (site ) – Thanks to Frank Leonhardt for the info.
• VoIP News: Is Someone Listening to Your VoIP Calls? (linked to from ZDNet )
• ZDNet: Cracking GSM
• TMCnet- Practicing Safe OCS
• TMCnet- Security Attack of the Day (Tom Cross starts blogging for TMCnet)
• Speaking of Tom, Techtionary.com Releases SIP Security Checklist
• Voice of VOIPSA: SIPTap Author forms VoIP Security Company (by Craig Bowser!)
• Voice of VOIPSA: Underpowered Hardware
• Project Spider – about SPIT
• CBC: Bell recovers stolen data on 3.4 million customers
• Comment (email) from Larry Farmer
• Comment (email) from Shlomo Dubrowin
• Comment (email) about SE #23
• Review of the last week's traffic on the VOIPSEC public mailing list 
• Wrap-up of the show
• 40:01 - End of show 

Comments, suggestions and feedback are welcome either as replies to this post  or via e-mail to blueboxpodcast@gmail.com.  Audio comments sent as attached MP3 files are definitely welcome and will be played in future shows.  You may also call the listener comment line at either +1-415-830-5439 or via SIP to 'bluebox@voipuser.org' to leave a comment there. 

Thank you for listening and please do let us know what you think of the show.