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5. SIPNOC 2013 Super-Session: IETF/Standards Update

Presented by Mary Barnes, Polycom, IETF and IAB. This session provides an overview of current SIP and related standards activities underway in the IETF. Conferees will come away with insight into future network and endpoint functionality, as well as understand the process for evolving and developing SIP and other Real-time Applications and Infrastructure protocols.

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4. Carrier Support for Codec Handling

Presented by Jack Shields, XO Communications. Customer and equipment needs over the past five years have changed. In the early days, initial carrier offerings had limited choices and made the choice of non-G.711 codecs difficult. As time progressed, competition forced a more universal service where customers were allowed the flexibility to use codecs of choice.…

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3. Panel Discussion: IPv6 And SIP – Myth or Reality?

Moderated by Dan York, ISOC. Panelists include Chris Wendt and Carl Klatsky, Comcast; and James Rafferty, Dialogic. This special panel session will put together a group of people involved with IPv6 to dig into what is *really* happening with IPv6 and SIP. The panel would answer questions like: What’s going on with SIP over IPv6?…

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2. Panel Discussion: WebRTC

Moderated by Alan Johnston, Avaya and SIP Forum. Presenters include Steve Mckinnon, GENBAND, James Rafferty, Dialogic. This special panel discussion explored the various issues regarding the interworking between the web browser and SIP interfaces.

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1. SIPNOC 2013 Keynote Address by Randy Nicklas

As the Chief Technology Officer and SVP of Engineering for XO Communications, Randy Nicklas is responsible for the overall technology vision, architecture, implementation, sustaining engineering and capacity planning for the company’s voice, data, and transport networks. He and his team are also the technical leads on the design of XO’s commercial and wholesale voice, data…

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9. Panel Discussion: Anatomy of a VoIP DMZ

This special panel discussion will present ideas for provisioning phones safely and securely and then intentionally deciding to use (or not to use) SIP over TLS and SRTP. In addition, the discussion will cover the motivation for a DMZ; the secrets that should be protected (e.g. provisioning password, web portal password, SIP authorization password); Testing…

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8. Communications Service Providers and Threat Intelligence Sharing

Presented by Eric Burger, Georgetown University. Past SIPNOC discussions raised the interest in the operator community to figure out how to share information on fraud, cyber attacks, and detected vulnerabilities. So, we have the desire to share operations intelligence. However, is it legal? For that matter, with the recent Executive Order and Presidential Policy Directive,…

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7. SIPNOC 2013 Tutorial: An introduction to WebRTC

Presented by Steve Mckinnon, GENBAND. This presentation will cover the various technologies that combine to make up the webRTC real time communications browser capability set, and describe the implications of those technology and standards choices for over the top and SIP Communications Networks alike. Where possible the various conflicting approaches will be discussed and evaluated.

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6. SIP Forum Task Group Update

Introduction and Moderation by Spencer Dawkins, SIP Forum Technical Director; Presenters include Mary Barnes, Polycom and SIP Forum; Robert Kinder, Cox Communications; Carl Klatsky, Comcast; Alan Johnston, Avaya and SIP Forum; Gonzalo Salgueiro, Cisco Systems and SIP Forum; and David Hanes, Cisco Systems. This special session briefed the SIPNOC community on the various SIP Forum…

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5. The Growth of Robocalling SPIT

Presented by Dan Weber, Personal Time Software. Just about ten years ago, telemarketers presented the biggest threat to consumer privacy and use of the telephone system. In response to the growing number of complaints by being called from people at all hours of the day, the FTC created the National Do Not Call list. Everyone…

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