Patent ID: 9736176
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L,H04M

Claim:
1. A method for determining if a communication device that has been provisioned with configuration files for Voice Over IP (VOIP) services has a security exposure, the method comprising: obtaining data identifying a source Internet Protocol (IP) address associated with the communication device; submitting a request to the source IP address over an untrusted network; determining that a user interface is provided in response to the request submitted to the source IP address over the untrusted network; determining that a VOIP phone configuration interface is exposed over the untrusted network at the source IP address based at least in part on determining that the user interface is provided in response to the request submitted to the source IP address over the untrusted network; and determining that the communication device associated with the source IP address has a security exposure based at least in part on determining that the VOIP phone configuration interface is exposed over the untrusted network at the source IP address.