DENIAL OF SERVICE ISSUES IN VOICE OVER IP NETWORKS

Jason Reid, Andrew Clark, Juan M González Nieto, Jason Smith, Kapali Viswanathan

2004

Abstract

In this paper we investigate denial of service (DoS) vulnerabilities in Voice over IP (VoIP) systems, focusing on the ITU-T H.323 family of protocols. We provide a simple characterisation of DoS attacks that allows us to readily identify DoS issues in H.323 protocols. We also discuss network layer DoS vulnerabilities that affect VoIP systems. A number of improvements and further research directions are proposed.

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Reid J., Clark A., M González Nieto J., Smith J. and Viswanathan K. (2004). DENIAL OF SERVICE ISSUES IN VOICE OVER IP NETWORKS . In Proceedings of the First International Conference on E-Business and Telecommunication Networks - Volume 1: SVoIPNet, (ICETE 2004) ISBN 972-8865-15-5, pages 230-237. DOI: 10.5220/0001403302300237


in Bibtex Style

@conference{svoipnet04,
author={Jason Reid and Andrew Clark and Juan M González Nieto and Jason Smith and Kapali Viswanathan},
title={DENIAL OF SERVICE ISSUES IN VOICE OVER IP NETWORKS},
booktitle={Proceedings of the First International Conference on E-Business and Telecommunication Networks - Volume 1: SVoIPNet, (ICETE 2004)},
year={2004},
pages={230-237},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001403302300237},
isbn={972-8865-15-5},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the First International Conference on E-Business and Telecommunication Networks - Volume 1: SVoIPNet, (ICETE 2004)
TI - DENIAL OF SERVICE ISSUES IN VOICE OVER IP NETWORKS
SN - 972-8865-15-5
AU - Reid J.
AU - Clark A.
AU - M González Nieto J.
AU - Smith J.
AU - Viswanathan K.
PY - 2004
SP - 230
EP - 237
DO - 10.5220/0001403302300237