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Session Initiation Protocol Attacks and Challenges

Networking and Internet Architecture 2012-05-03 v1

Abstract

In recent years, Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) has become widely used in current internet protocols. It is a text-based protocol much like Hyper Text Transport Protocol (HTTP) and Simple Mail Transport Protocol (SMTP). SIP is a strong enough signaling protocol on the internet for establishing, maintaining, and terminating session. In this paper the areas of security and attacks in SIP are discussed. We consider attacks from diverse related perspectives. The authentication schemes are compared, the representative existing solutions are highlighted, and several remaining research challenges are identified. Finally, the taxonomy of SIP threat will be presented.

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@article{arxiv.1205.0480,
  title  = {Session Initiation Protocol Attacks and Challenges},
  author = {Hassan Keshavarz and Mohammad Reza Jabbarpour Sattari and Rafidah Md Noor},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1205.0480},
  year   = {2012}
}
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