Method and apparatus for providing security for an internet protocol service
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsJae-Sun CHIN, Gregory HENDERSON, Michael RAFTELIS
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for providing security to an endpoint device are disclosed. For example, the method receives a signaling message by the endpoint device. The method processes the signaling message, if the signaling message is received from a device associated with one of one or more Internet Protocol (IP) addresses in an Access Control List (ACL), and discards the signaling message, if the signaling message is received from a device not associated with one of the one or more IP addresses in the ACL.
Claims20
A method for providing security to an endpoint device, comprising:
- receiving a signaling message by the endpoint device, wherein the endpoint device comprises an internet protocol phone;
- processing the signaling message by the endpoint device, if the signaling message is received from a device associated with one of a group of Internet protocol addresses in an access control list;
- and
- discarding the signaling message by the endpoint device, if the signaling message is received from a device not associated with one of the group of internet protocol addresses in the access control list.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of instructions, the plurality of instructions including instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method for providing security to an endpoint device, comprising:
- receiving a signaling message by the endpoint device, wherein the endpoint device comprises an internet protocol phone;
- processing the signaling message by the endpoint device, if the signaling message is received from a device associated with one of a group of Internet protocol addresses in an access control list;
- and
- discarding the signaling message by the endpoint device, if the signaling message is received from a device not associated with one of the group of Internet protocol addresses in the access control list.
An apparatus for processing a signaling message, comprising:
- an endpoint device comprising an internet protocol phone configured to:
- receive the signaling message;
- process the signaling message, if the signaling message is received from a device associated with one of a group of internet protocol addresses in an access control list;
- and
- discard the signaling message, if the signaling message is received from a device not associated with one of the group of internet protocol addresses in the access control list.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.