Open Source
Asterisk Security Advisory – RTP Remote Crash Vulnerability
Posted December 4th, 2009 by admin
Earlier this week, the security team at Digium released Asterisk Projects Security Advisory AST-2009-010 identifying an interesting attack where an attacker can send a malformed RTP packet within the RTP stream and crash the Asterisk system. The fix identified is to upgrade to the latest version of Asterisk.
My one bit of feedback to the folks at Digium would be that their advisories do not provide any information about mitigating circumstances. (Would be great if they could add such a section.)
Red Hat to offer telcos open source building blocks
Posted June 21st, 2007 by admin
Moving deeper into the telecom market, Red Hat has acquired Mobicents, an open source VoIP middleware platform and open source Java Service Logic Execution Environment (JSLEE). The company also has joined the SCOPE Alliance, which is dedicated to building carrier-grade platforms. Red Hat says open source software, platforms and tools are a must for telcos looking to thrive in the increasingly competitive and innovative landscape that is evolving around them. The announcement of the deal ?
