Is there any way to hook up vonage to my computer that is internet connected, connect vonage to a special router, ask Vonage to encrypt my phone calls, or is there a free VPN service so I can send all vonage calls to them.
2006-06-16 16:45:35 · 4 answers · asked by BtAlex 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
Please help me cause I believe im being intercepted by a hacker. They tried to continously destroy my website. Please help me
2006-06-16 17:02:10 · update #1
Unfortunately since your Vonage phone call is controlled by their hardware you can not encrypt it. For a encrypted voip solution look at the source website.
2006-06-16 16:54:18 · answer #1 · answered by Savasten 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Vonage uses an analog terminal adapter; it cannot be connected to your computer. When you connect the TA to your broadband connection, it establishes a UDP session between the Vonage system and your TA on port 5060. When a call is placed, it sets up a separate UDP session using ports 20001 - 20011.
Standard TAs do not use encryption although there is no technical reason why this cannot be done. The primary reason is that the usual bandwith for consumer-grade VOIP is not sufficient for the overhead required for encryption.
In theory you COULD redirect this traffic over a VPN connection to be injected onto the internet at a remote location but it would still be unencrypted from there to Vonage. I'm not aware of anyone that offers that type of service. You'd need a VPN capable firewall between your internet gateway and the Vonage TA to make that work.
If someone is trying to hack your website, is that site running on your broadband connection? If so, your web server is logging all connections. Just have a look at the logs and complain to the ISP at the other end. If you website is NOT running on your broadband connection, there is little risk to your Vonage service. You might want to install a good firewall so that you can track what is going on.
Go to http://www.ipcop.org for information on a free Linux based firewall that you can run on a spare PC. It's extremely easy to set up -- you do NOT need any knowledge of Linux -- and has extensive logging ability. I use one and would not be on the net without it.
2006-06-16 17:54:50 · answer #2 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-08-09 17:38:59 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-06-25 18:42:09 · answer #4 · answered by bugzaper 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋