Are Your VOIP Calls Being Recorded? - VOIP Security Software
All traditional phone networks as well as Private Branch Exchange systems also known as PBX platforms have become secondary options with the introduction of Voice over Internet protocol telephony services. It is certainly a known fact that the popularity of this phone system has increased ever since its introduction to the global market over the past few years, and it is very likely to remain the same, as a new telecommunication standard is adopted. As a matter of fact, many telecommunication experts agree and have concluded that in the future nearly all communication structures will rely and base their services on Voice over IP.
With the introduction of this new technology, many questions have come to light, for example, are our VOIP calls being recorded or monitored by third parties, which directly violates our privacy?. The fact is that the probability of being wiretapped by using a VOIP line is almost the same as using a normal phone. Some have made 'conventional phone communication' sound like they have some sort of secret security features, when in reality this is not true.
This discussion started because VOIP systems transform sound waves into data packets which are then transmitted through the internet to it's destination, so just like a data network, a voice over IP network can be attacked if proper security measures aren't taken. This is especially relevant to business owners who want to establish an internal PBX (Private Business Exchange System) along with VOIP and a data network.
In the scenario described above, if the VOIP network which is linked to the data and internal communications network is bridged, then all communication may be lost and important data may be compromised. A good security measure in this case would be to divide the voice and data networks and implementing firewalls accordingly.
In the United States of America laws and regulations which directly preempt 'privacy policies' in exchange for national security have become effective. Such is the case of CALEA also known as 'The Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act of 1994) which allows the government to conceivably gain access to 'phone conversations' regardless being landlines or IP managed communications.
This doesn't directly affect a great percentage of users unless they are involved in some sort of illegal activity, of course!. But in order to assure 'privacy' to it's users, VOIP companies are developing security features which will be built into phone sets. Currently, companies such as Skype encrypts all the communication transmitted through the internet between users from start to finish.
Another software technology which is yet to be implemented in phone sets is ZRTP which is an extension to real time transport protocol that works by initiating a cryptographic key agreement between the two parties engaged in a conversation. While this sounds like geeky mombo jombo, all the user needs to do to make sure a third party is not eavesdropping in their conversation is to compare a 'keyword' with the other person running the same software.
These software VOIP solutions have yet to be fully implemented in handsets, so VOIP companies recommended to: turn on your firewall, updating your OS, changing the 'default' username and passwords for your equipment and keep it 'patched' or updated, etc. The truth is that internet phone users who do not handle 'sensitive information' through these lines shouldn't worry as much as business owners.
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