The Linksys SPA962 Configuration Wizard is the latest addition to the Voxilla VoIP Device Configuraiton Wizard family.

This new configuration wizard has expanded service provider support and allows configuration of all six extensions.

ViaTalk Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) customers can now use the Voxilla Device Configuration Wizard.

Just start the Wizard for your device and select the closest SIP proxy.

The Linksys SPA9000 5.1.5a firmware may cause phone reboots during calls.

Linksys has replaced the 5.1.5a firmware on their website with a previous firmware release (5.1.1).

Customers who are experiencing phone reboot problems with the 5.1.5a firmware are advised to rollback to the 5.1.1 release.

Linksys released the SPA9000 5.1.5a firmware on December 7th. By December 10th, the Linksys (Sipura) SPA Users Group was receiving reports of SPA941/SPA942 reboots during calls. Linksys responded on December 11th, by rolling back the firmware available on the Linksys website.

We will advise customes when a new SPA9000 firmware release is available.

We can’t put the genie back in the bottle, but it seems to me that the Voice over IP (VoIP) industry is in need of security training and improvements.

There’s been much noise over VoIP security lately, though not much of the what’s been voiced is new or innovative. Much of it just parrots old advice: segment the network traffic and install a VoIP firewall.

The fact that VoIP security discussions haven’t advanced much beyond what applies to ordinary networking is a sign that a lot of new education is needed.

Some think education alone is not enough. For example, Stephen Northcutt, Director of Training and Certification for the SANS Institute, thinks that the whole technology needs a major overhaul.

“If I had my way, I would have the creators of VoIP stop everything and redesign this with security in mind from the get-go.” Northcutt said in a recent interview.

IT professionals need to understand the nature of the VoIP traffic on their networks. VoIP is much more than just another real-time LAN application and securing it requires broader security methods.

Overver the coming weeks, Voxilla will take a close look at VoIP security with our upcoming three part series on VoIP confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

And, we’ve launched a Voxilla forum dedicated to VoIP Security issues in hopes of fostering positive discussions over these issues. Come and visit.

The Linksys SPA942 Device Configuration Wizard is the newest device addition to the Voxilla Device Configuraiton Wizard family.

This update extends the same configuration options that were available with the SPA841 and SPA941 configuration wizards to the SPA942.