.: VoIP Communication Technology
By:Matthew Hick
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VoIP... or Voice Over Internet Protocol, is the latest and greatest communications technology. It can easily convert voice signals into digital signals. It can then send these signals over the Internet.
Before transporting the data, it is broken into packets, which are reassembled, in the correct order when received. It can produce tremendous cost savings on long distance and international calls, as well as, increase productivity in businesses. Along with all the advancements made, there have also been some threats to its security. We are coming to find out that data traveling the Internet is vulnerable to attacks.
Since VoIP uses the Internet to send data, this is a potentially dangerous situation because anyone can intercept the data during its transmission. Hackers have caught onto this and have already started to do their damage. They have been able to retrieve credit card and bank information due to the lack of any strong firewalls. They have also launched viruses and Spam to disrupt services and caused damages to systems. The latest menace has been hacking into VoIP networks to make free calls and caller-id spoofing where a number on the receiver's caller id display can be controlled.
VoIP providers see the potentials for danger and have been working hard to provide security for their customers. They have turned to tunneling and encryption processes to aid them in this endeavor. Most VoIP providers use Layer 2 Tunneling and the Secure Sockets Layer (SLL) encryption method to help keep confidential information safe.
Layer 2 Tunneling acts as a data link layer protocol and tunnels network traffic between two peers over an existing network. It helps to secure public networks by providing a link (tunnel) for encrypted data. Needed security comes from protocols layered above or below it.
Today, every web browser supports SSL. SSL enables the encryption of sensitive material during transmission on the Internet. It protects HTTP channels. It contains unique, authenticated information about the owner and verifies identity of owner. There is a public key encryption and a private key decryption.
In addition to the VoIP provider's security methods, users can also protect themselves by taking certain measures. It is important to remember to keep all software up to date. Updates are also known as firmware updates and usually prevent attacks on known problem areas. Users can also use and keep current anti-virus software. In addition, they can take advantage of security options that their service provider supplies. Also they should install and enable firewalls, which can prevent infections. And they should evaluate security settings, select those, which they need but which won't put them at risk.
There are many dangers awaiting data as it is being transmitted over the Internet using the new VoIP technology, which has taken such great strides in recent years. It is easy for transmissions to be intercepted by those lurking in these areas. Fortunately, although a concern, it is not likely to cause a decline in VoIP's growth. Its benefits will outweigh the trouble it is now experiencing. VoIP providers are addressing the situation and with some individual protection, the fight against those troublesome hackers will result in a victory for VoIP.
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.: New VOIP Articles
1). 6 Voice Over IP Tips
There are many benefits to VoIP. Here are 6 benefits we found to voice over ip. You may be able to think of even more reasons to switch or to include this exciting way to communicate at reduced prices.
2). Top 10 Reasons You Should Switch To VoIP
If you are considering changing to voice over internet protocol or VoIP for short you need to know the arguments for changing. Here are our top 10 reasons to switch to VoIP.
3). 7 Good Reasons Not To Switch To Voice Over IP Technology
For every positive there is a negative when it comes to voice over ip technology. Here are 7 good reasons not to switch in spite of the savings you may realize.
4). How To Choose The Best Voice Over Ip Provider
Choosing the best voice over ip provider may require you to do something that you have never done before. Here are a few tips to help you choose the best voice over ip provider.
5). Residential VoIP: Things to Consider Before Switching
Choosing VoIP over traditional telephone services has its pros and cons just like anything else. It is up to the consumer to weigh the advantages and disadvantages, and to come to a conclusion with eyes wide open.
6). Advantages of IP Telephony for the Residential Consumer
As more of us are building our own local area networks at home to connect our family members to each others data and appliances, broadband connections to the outside world have expanded our pipe to the Internet, giving us plenty of bandwidth to consider converging our home network with voice over IP telephony.
7). VoIP Communication Technology
VoIP... or Voice Over Internet Protocol, is the latest and greatest communications technology.
.: Top VOIP Articles
1). VoIP Problems?
Well of course there's VoIP problems, although I think problems is too strong of a word. Instead I would call this VoIP issues. (Just semantics? maybe, read on!)
Some may be old enough to remember making long distance calls where there was static or crackling on the phone line connection. Maybe you remember having to speak LOUDER in order to be heard on the line.
2). How To Set Up A Business VoIP System
To set up a business VoIP system, you need several components. A central device to manage the calls, the way a private branch exchange (PBX) or key system unit (KSU) does in traditional phone systems is one of them.
This can be a dedicated piece of hardware such as an IP PBX, a regular PBX that has been IP-enabled, or a server running specialized software.
3). VoIP Information: Benefits & Drawbacks
Once upon a time, a telephone was just a telephone. You set the base in your home and it featured either a corded or cordless handset for talking to family and friends. Even though that same telephone remains the standard, VoIP, which stands for Voice over Internet Protocol, is increasing in popularity and gradually beginning to change the way that the world sends and receives telephone calls.
4). Skype versus Yahoo
With the influx of complaints regarding Skype’s fall from grace, Danny Wirken measures up the top competitor and internet giant Yahoo!’s news internet telephony service.
Cheaper, faster, better quality, better customer service and a brand you can trust. These are the things Yahoo! want you take away from any of their promotional material for the new Yahoo! voice VoIP service.
5). Voice Over Ip – What Is It And What Are The Choices?
Voice over Internet Protocol. First was the telephone. Alexander Graham Bell had a vision. He saw people communicating over long distances with their own voice, not trough beeps and squeaks. Then came the Internet. A few students and the US military had a vision, somewhat similar to Bell’s. They saw people communicating over long distances, but this time in writing.
6). Why VOIP?
Voice Over Internet Protocol delivers the service of converting the analog line into a digital signal so that voice could be transferred through the internet and this proves to be a lot cheaper than the PSTN (public switched telephone network). Voip is the best for making long distance calls in, inexpensive rates.
Voip and IP telephony are fields which have seen extensive growth and they continue to develop efficiently.
7). Advanced VoIP Gateway Technology
Increased demand for video-based applications in the mobile network drive the deployment of 3G networks. Inherent complexities in traditional video gateways cause performance bottlenecks and inflate costs. If the industry expects to absorb the impending explosion in demand, these proposed cost-saving and complexity-reducing changes are needed.
Unrelenting market demand for video-based applications over mobile networks is driving the increased deployment of 3G networks.