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Vonage Usually I agree with Scerruti, but in this case, I disagree.
While it'd be
Usually I agree with Scerruti, but in this case, I disagree.
While it'd be nice to have Vonage as a "portable" device, public computers aren't all that common in the USA. Internet cafes are a rare find in most of the USA, short of NYC, SF, etc. I'd agree the situation is a bit different in Europe where there are a lot more internet cafes and you're dealing with a walking population vs. driving. Not sure when the last time you were in an internet cafe was, but most of the ones I've seen in recent years run a linux distro on the terminals. No spyware worries, and they don't have to worry about people loading crap software (Gator/AIM/Kazaa) on them. The few places which had WinXP/2k boxes had them locked down so that new apps couldn't be loaded/run on them.
I don't have a problem with the $40 price ('though the 256MB pen drives go for $10 anymore), but I don't like the idea of having to get a separate full-fledged Vonage account for this. I would have liked to seen it similar to the cell providers "add-a-line" plans. It also wouldn't have hurt to be able to receive incoming calls from my main line on it as well. I'm sure there are some people who will grab this asap, but I think it could have been something better.
As far as not being allowed to connect to foreign networks, I actually have more of a problem with people connecting USB pen drives to computers. I can easily keep track of what people do (without being oppressive) with TCP/IP. Keeping an eye on individual PCs is a PITA and tends to generate negative vibes from the employees.
See this article on a USB drive attack on a credit union:
http://enterprisesecurity.symantec.com/content.cfm?articleid=6715
more details on it here:
http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=95556&WT.svl=column1_1
I'm a bit more forward-thinking on my network designs, but I always include plenty of public access ethernet ports (isolated from the corporate network) for visiting clients/contractors with the thought that people are going to do it even if I ask them not to. :)
Of course, the next question is how long will it be before someone hacks/cracks it? Not that extracting SIP credentials from a TCP/IP stream requires any skill anymore..
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• As someone who has used one I'd say it's nothing more than audio usb adapter merged
• Maybe it comes up as a CD drive so that it can AutoPlay...just a thought
• Your network is ahead of the game from most of my customers. Of course most of them
VonageTPA posted "Usually I agree with Scerruti, but in this case, I disagree.
While it'd be" on 06/29/2006 |
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