Fortinet VoIP Solutions
The market for Voice Over IP (VoIP) equipment sold to corporations and other enterprises, including phones, hardware and software, grew 78 percent to $3.07 billion in 2004, according to Synergy Research Group, and is seen rising to $4.42 billion this year. By 2009, it should represent nearly $11 billion in sales.
With the growing deployment of VoIP, both enterprise and service providers face a network security challenge in dynamically allowing VoIP traffic through a range of firewall ports permanently left open for real-time connectivity. Leaving a range of firewall ports wide open for VoIP traffic is also an invitation to malicious network traffic and an unguarded door against hackers.
The best way to solve this issue is with Fortinet's solution featuring the FortiOS™ Operating System. Its advanced method of content inspection and pattern recognition dynamically opens up a single port, and then closes it after the call is completed. It inspects both H.323 and Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) call-signaling protocols used by VoIP traffic.
Traditional VoIP Security Solution with Firewall Configurations
Problem: Traditional firewalls require a permanent range of vulnerable ports be opened to support latency-sensitive Voice over IP traffic - they are always open and provide a door for unsecured and unauthorized access. This leaves the VoIP switch and entire IP infrastructure vulnerable to damaging attacks and costly downtime.
Fortinet's Secure VoIP Solution
Solution: Fortinet's VoIP-savvy firewalls work with the industry widest range of VoIP offerings and understand both H.323 and Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) signaling and communications protocols to dynamically open only the ports needed for the duration of the call. Only the traffic for that session is allowed since the Fortinet firewall is session-aware at all times. Once the call completes the ports automatically close for maximum security.
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