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Cisco confirms ability to eavesdrop on remote calls using its VoIP phones

Linda Leung By Linda Leung
Cisco confirmed it is possible to eavesdrop on a remote conversations using Cisco VoIP phones. In its security response, Cisco says: "an attacker with valid Extension Mobility authentication credentials could cause a Cisco Unified IP Phone configured to use the Extension Mobility feature to transmit or receive a Real-Time Transport Protocol (RTP) audio stream." Read full story

Linda Leung is assistant site editor at Network World and is responsible for editing many of Network World's e-mail newsletters and news stories for Network World online. She is also editor of Cisco Subnet, the community page for Cisco customers. She can be reached at mailto:lleung@nww.com


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