[VOIPSEC] Voice or Not -- Fake Voice Packet???

[Thomas Howe]

Hi Vijay - 

To a certain (practical) extent, you can.  Many coders have voice activity detection front ends, and they could be used as a basis for an algorithm to determine if the uncompressed packets contain stuff that looks like voice. As I recall (and it's been a while since my DSP days), they tend to look at energy levels and sinusoidal components.

My question is, why do you care?  If it doesn't have voice, then what's the big deal?

Tom


-----Original Message-----
From: Voipsec-bounces at voipsa.org on behalf of Vijay Shyamasundar Shyamasundar
Sent: Mon 10/3/2005 2:09 PM
To: Voipsec at voipsa.org
Subject: [VOIPSEC] Voice or Not -- Fake Voice Packet???
 
Hi All,
 Is there any way to find out if the packets are genuine voice packets or
not. By looking into the Payload Type(PT) field of RTP packet, we can say if
its audio/video.. and the codec used. What if i could generate some packets
with that PT field showing it as audio packet while the payload contains
something else.
 I would like to know if there is a way to find out if the packet really
contains voice or not.
  Regards,
Vijay
 On 9/9/05, Dalton, Ronda L <DaltonR at state.gov> wrote:
>
> NIST has a pretty good VOIP document:
> csrc.nist.gov/pcig/CHECKLISTS/voip-checklist-073004.doc<http://csrc.nist.gov/pcig/CHECKLISTS/voip-checklist-073004.doc>
> It a security checklist. Not sure what level your security is but its a
> good starting point.
>
> RD
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> Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2005 10:52:04 +0100
> From: "Barry Coatesworth" <Barry.Coatesworth at express-gifts.co.uk>
> Subject: [VOIPSEC] VOIP security policy
> To: <Voipsec at voipsa.org>
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> I am currently writing some VoIP security policy, it's the first time I
> have had to write a VoIP one.
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> Does anyone have example Security policy/guidelines that I could use as
> a template? Or what must essential be included would also be helpful.
>
>
>
> thanks
>
> B.
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