Avaya 4600 User Manual

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Overview of Voice over IP (VoIP) and Network Protocols
44 4600 Series IP Telephone LAN Administrator Guide
 
Security
In VoIP, physical wire is replaced with an IP connection. The connection is more mobile. 
Unauthorized relocation of the IP telephone allows unauthorized users to send and receive calls 
as the valid owner. For further details on toll fraud, see the DEFINITY
®
 or Avaya 
Communication Manager documents mentioned in 
Any equipment on a data network, including a 4600 Series IP Telephone, can be the target of a 
Denial of Service attack. Usually, such an attack consists of flooding the network with so many 
messages that the equipment either:
spends so much time processing the messages that legitimate tasks are not processed, or 
the equipment overloads and fails. 
The 4600 Series IP Telephones cannot guarantee resistance to all Denial of Service attacks. 
However, each Release has increasing checks and protections to resist such attacks while 
maintaining appropriate service to legitimate users.
All 4600 Series IP Telephones that have WML Web applications and run R2.2 or greater 
software support Transport Layer Security (TLS). This standard allows the telephone to 
establish a secure connection to a HTTPS server, in which the telephone’s upgrade and 
settings file can reside. This setup adds security over the TFTP alternative.
You also have a variety of optional capabilities to restrict or remove how crucial network 
information is displayed or used. These capabilities are covered in more detail in 
, and include:
As of Release 2.6, SNMP is disabled by default. You must enable SNMP through DHCP or 
the 46xxsettings file. 
As of Release 2.6, the 4602SW+, 4610SW, 4620SW, 4621SW, and 4622SW IP 
Telephones support IEEE 802.1X as a Supplicant with the EAP-MD5 authentication 
method. The modes supported are as follows: 
- Unicast Supplicant operation only with PAE multicast pass-through, with and without 
proxy Logoff, and 
- Unicast or multicast Supplicant operation without PAE multicast pass-through or proxy 
Logoff.
Note:
Note:
The 4601 and 4601+ IP Telephones do not support 802.1X as a Supplicant. 
As of Release 2.3, 4600 Series H.323 IP Telephones support signaling channel encryption 
while registering, and when registered, with appropriately administered Avaya Media 
Servers.
As of Release 2.0, a 4600 Series IP Telephone’s response to SNMP queries is restricted to 
only IP addresses on a list you specify.