Title :
SIP Security Attacks and Solutions: A state-of-the-art review
Author :
El Sawda, Samer ; Urien, Pascal
Author_Institution :
Univ. Paris VI
Abstract :
The fundamental network-security services required for SIP are: preserving the confidentiality and integrity of messaging, preventing replay attacks or message spoofing, providing for the authentication and privacy of the participants in a session, and preventing DoS attacks. This paper introduces the SIP related security problems, illustrates some of identified threats/attacks, their impact on the overall SIP security and a list of indicative solutions and briefly describes SIP´s security mechanisms
Keywords :
computer networks; message authentication; protocols; telecommunication security; telecommunication services; DoS attacks; message spoofing; network-security services; replay attacks; security attacks; session initiation protocol; Authentication; Compressors; Computer crime; Internet; National security; Network servers; Privacy; Streaming media; Transport protocols; Web server; SIP Security Mechanisms; SIP threats and attacks; Session Initiation Protocol (SIP);
Conference_Titel :
Information and Communication Technologies, 2006. ICTTA '06. 2nd
Conference_Location :
Damascus
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9521-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICTTA.2006.1684926
