Somewhat related to operational issues: "AUSTIN, Texas – March 28, 2005 – The Voice over IP Security Alliance (VOIPSA), today announced its newly elected board of directors as well as its short-term projects to develop a threat taxonomy and document security requirements for VoIP networks. VOIPSA is an open group with the purpose of improving the public awareness of issues and best practices for security and privacy of Voice over IP, and is inviting participation in the new projects." http://www.voipsa.org/press/03282005.html - ferg -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg@netzero.net or fergdawg@sbcglobal.net