A novel approach for security issues in VoIP networks in Virtualization with IVR

TL;DR

This paper presents a secure VoIP system integrated with IVR within a virtualized environment, employing multiple security measures like VPN, firewall, IDS, and IPS, monitored centrally for enhanced security in LAN settings.

Contribution

It introduces a comprehensive, virtualized VoIP setup with integrated security features and centralized monitoring, specifically tailored for secure LAN communication.

Findings

Successful implementation of a secure VoIP system with IVR in virtualization environment.

Enhanced security through VPN, firewall, IDS, and IPS configurations.

Real-time attack monitoring and alert system for VoIP servers.

Abstract

VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) is a growing technology during last decade. It provides the audio, video streaming facility on successful implementation in the network. However, it provides the text transport facility over the network. Due to implementation of it the cost effective solution, it can be developed for the intercommunication among the employees of a prestigious organization. The proposed idea has been implemented on the audio streaming area of the VoIP technology. In the audio streaming, the security vulnerabilities are possible on the VoIP server during communication between two parties. In the proposed model, first the VoIP system has been implemented with IVR (Interactive Voice Response) as a case study and with the implementation of the security parameters provided to the asterisk server which works as a VoIP service provider. The asterisk server has been configured with different security parameters like VPN server, Firewall iptable rules, Intrusion Detection and Intrusion Prevention System. Every parameter will be monitored by the system administrator of the VoIP server along with the MySQL database. The system admin will get every update related to the attacks on the server through Mail server attached to the asterisk server. The main beauty of the proposed system is VoIP server alone is configured as a VoIP server, IVR provider, Mail Server with IDS and IPS, VPN server, connection with database server in a single asterisk server inside virtualization environment. The VoIP system is implemented for a Local Area Network inside the university system