RE: Vonage complains about VoIP-blocking

["Hannigan, Martin" <hannigan () verisign com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-nanog () merit edu [mailto:owner-nanog () merit edu]On Behalf Of
> Stephen Sprunk
> Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 6:08 PM
> To: Bruce Campbell
> Cc: North American Noise and Off-topic Gripes
> Subject: Re: Vonage complains about VoIP-blocking
>
>
>
> Thus spake Bruce Campbell" <bc-nanog () vicious dropbear id au>
> > Introducing new devices that are intended to trust that 
> big, bad, easily
> > spoofable internet using non-secured protocols such as tftp 
> in order to
> > get their configuration from a non-local server shows a 
> degree of trust
> > not seen since the Famous Five, the BabySitters Club and 
> pre '96 O'Reilly
> > books on writing internet protocols.
>
> Unfortunately, TFTP is the only protocol that many phone vendors
> implement -- and VoIP operators aren't happy about it.  Some 
> vendors have
> started implementing HTTP(S), but it's far from common at this point.

Wouldn't there be a fee to utilize https?

-M<