Presented by Mark Lindsey, ECG. The Bad Guys are stealing service from any VoIP service provider they can. The attacks come through several vectors, but typically they (a) discover SIP credentials, then do direct SIP registration; or (b) compromise a customer VoIP device, then route calls through it. Many products and practices have sought to…

Presented by Chris Wendt, Comcast. The user experience of PSTN connected telephony services has suffered dramatically in the past few years. The telephone ring used to be a welcome intrusion in our day to talk to friends, family, or colleagues. Now evolving social contexts and norms, the need/desire to multitask, and the threat of telemarketing…

BOF Leader: Dr. Alan Johnston, Avaya and SIP Forum.

Presented by Manpreet Singh, iBasis. With voice becoming a commodity, users want more out of what they pay today. For any operator, quality has been the biggest issue when doing calls between 2 users, whether they are on fixed lines, mobile lines or a soft client sitting on their PC or their mobile headset. High…

Presented by Bruce Page, Current Analysis. This session complements the SIPNOC technical program with a review of the current and near-future state of the SIP market ecosystem. Technical standards and interoperability testing are the foundation for SIP’s further development as the basis for next-generation communications products and services. This session will review the drivers and…

Presented by Dan York, ISOC. When Alice calls Bob, how does she know that she is really communicating with Bob’s SIP server? Sure, her software grabs a SRV record for Bob’s server from DNS, but how does Alice’s systems know whether that is the *correct* DNS record for Bob’s server? What if an attacker were…