* VoIP security concerns cannot be ignored * Making Verizon giddy * Crashing the 'Net would be very tough ... which is why no one's done it * Many could crash the 'Net ... but they lack motivation
VoIP security concerns cannot be ignored
Are VoIP security vulnerabilities overblown, or do IT executives need to be concerned? Johna Till Johnson says, yes and yes.
http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2005/080805johnson.html?vo
Making Verizon giddy
The first public step on a potentially long road to a replacement for the Telecommunications Act of 1996 has now been taken. Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) just introduced the Broadband Investment and Consumer Choice Act of 2005, which would replace large parts of the older act. Scott Bradner tells why he doesn’t think anyone could claim with a straight face that this is a balanced proposal.
http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2005/080805bradner.html?vo
Crashing the ‘Net would be very tough … which is why no one’s done it
Paul McNamara this weeks defends logic and common sense, which in his mind concedes that the ability to crash the Internet remains theoretical, largely because it is exceedingly more difficult than the Chicken Littles would have us fear.
http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2005/080805buzz.html?vo
Many could crash the ‘Net … but they lack motivation
On the flip side is Mark Gibbs who contends that the Internet is vulnerable and it hasn’t been taken down because the bad guys with the wherewithal don’t have the motivation to do so.
http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2005/080805backspin.html?vo
