Tag Archives: Privacy
How Vulnerable is Your SIP
“If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.” ― Henry David Thoreau I don’t like to think of myself as old, but there are times when I feel absolutely ancient. This is especially true when it comes […]
IoT: A Cause for Celebration and Precaution
Are you familiar with the Carna Botnet? If not, you really should be. Back in 2012, an anonymous hacker set out to “measure” the Internet in a survey entitled The Internet Census of 2012. Enlisting the Nmap Scripting Engine, every publicly addressable IP address was scanned with the goal of finding just what was out […]
The Price of Privacy
There’s a new currency in town. No, it’s not the Chinese yuan, the Japanese yen, or the European Union’s euro. It’s personal privacy and each and every day we trade a little of our own for something we consider of value. Take the supermarket discount card you gladly allow the cashier to swipe at the […]
Understanding SIP Authentication
SIP as both a protocol and an architecture has a number of places where security can be applied. You can secure SIP signaling with Transport Layer Security (TLS). This encrypts the metadata of a call – e.g. who called who. You can secure the media of a session with SRTP – audio, video, etc. Session […]
Privacy, Online Access, and the Fragility of Life
My latest article for No Jitter is more of a philosophical pondering than a technical exploration (but it’s that, too). No matter what, it’s something we all deal with every time we open a web page or post a social media status update. Privacy, Online Access, and the Fragility of Life Don’t worry about me […]
Privacy — The New Currency
There’s a new currency in town. No, it’s not the Chinese yuan, the Japanese yen, or the European Union’s euro. It’s personal privacy and each and every day we trade a little of our own for something we consider of value. Take the supermarket discount card you gladly allow the cashier to swipe at the […]
Tao, Zen, and Tomorrow 