BellSouth investigates VoIP security

In case there was any doubt, BellSouth has gotten interested in VoIP--though in typical telco fashion, it's examining all the risks. The RBOC is collaborating with the Georgia Tech Information Security Center and Internet Security Systems on a two-year $300,000 study to assess security risks related to VoIP. (Maybe grad students are cheaper in Georgia, but that doesn't feel like a lot of money over two years.) They'll be studying things like identity authentication as it relates to spam, modeling VoIP network behavior and security of VoIP apps.

For more information about the BellSouth research:
- read this article on VNUNet