[VOIPSEC] FYI - introducing "Blue Box" - a new podcast on VoIP security

[dan_york at Mitel.com]

VOIPSEC members,

FYI, Jonathan Zar and I recently decided to take our interest in 
providing accurate information about VoIP security issues (and
in publicizing VOIPSA) and launch a new weekly podcast focused on 
VoIP security. (more on podcasts down below)  If you go to:

   http://www.blueboxpodcast.com/

you can see the shows so far, download the MP3 files, play them and 
read the show notes.  Those of you already listening to podcasts can 
subscribe to the RSS feed at:

   http://feeds.feedburner.com/BlueBox

You can also subscribe through iTunes and Yahoo!Podcasts (the links 
for those are on the website). 

We are very interested in any comments and feedback people have and the
website provides links to e-mail and phone in comments.  We see it as yet
another way to get accurate information out about VoIP security and
engage people in the conversation about how to deploy VoIP securely.

I should note that this is a personal project for the two of us outside
of our normal roles and there is no formal connection between this 
project and our employers (Mitel and SonicWALL) or for that matter 
VOIPSA.  It's just something we thought ought to be done - and could be
a bit of fun along the way.  Our goal is to put a new show up each Monday 
or Tuesday, although we'll see how well our crazy schedules let us do 
that.

Anyway, that's the news... we'd definitely welcome any feedback -
and if you have topics or suggestions please feel free to e-mail them
to the address for the show (blueboxpodcast at gmail.com).

Enjoy,
Dan

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P.S. If you aren't familiar with podcasting, a place to start may be:

   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcasting

First, though, you should know that you do NOT need an iPod.  You can 
simply play podcasts on your PC through a media player - or download 
them to any MP3 player.  You can just download them from web sites
or get a program to receive podcasts (called a 'podcatcher' by some):
there are a lot of choices (including iTunes that has podcast support
built right in) but a good program to start with is ipodder:

   http://ipodder.sourceforge.net/

Essentially think of podcasting as time-shifted radio: you can listen
to whatever you want whenever you want.  There are a growing number of
people who, like me, do not listen to commercial radio at all anymore.
Instead we are "subscribing" to some of the 10,000+ podcasts out there,
having them automatically downloaded to our PCs and MP3 players and 
listening to them in our cars, on our walks and in our homes.  If you
would like to get some sense of the extremely wide range of shows 
being offered (with more being created daily), check out sites like:
    http://www.podcastalley.com/ 
    http://podcasts.yahoo.com/
    http://www.ipodder.org/