Ingate announces that Intrusion Detection System/Intrusion Prevention System solutions for SIP are now bundled as a free software module on Ingate Firewall and Ingate SIParator products. Firewalls and SIParators already in use can be upgraded for free.

With IP attacks to steal VoIP service a genuine threat, weak passwords still providing an opportunity for malicious activity and the potential for overloading VoIP systems a possibility, IDS/IPS has become a crucial security measure for enterprise deployments of SIP. Ingate is giving its SIP IDS/IPS module to all users of Ingate Firewalls and SIParators to protect against attacks targeting SIP devices, such as IP-PBXs. IDS/IPS works in tandem with Ingate's existing security technologies, further strengthening security for VoIP, SIP trunking, Unified Communications and other SIP applications.

Maximum VoIP Security

In addition to SIP IDS/IPS, Ingate also offers an optional Enhanced Security software module. Enhanced Security offers the ability to encrypt all SIP communications which makes it impossible for eavesdroppers to retrieve the original media streams or signaling.

The Enhanced Security Software Module includes:

• Transport Layer Security which authenticates communication parties and encrypts the signaling on the public side, even if it is in the clear on the LAN.
• Secure Realtime Transport Protocol, which adds encryption when the voice media streams are transported outside the enterprise LAN. When combined with TLS it further shields users from eavesdroppers, hackers and spoofers.

Availability

IDS/IPS is available now as a free software download for all Ingate Firewalls and SIParators.

For more information visit Ingate at ITEXPO West, October 4-6, 2010 at the SIP Trunk-Unified Communications Summit -- free to all ITEXPO attendees, in room 403A of the Los Angeles Convention Center.