Security-auditing in a softswitch

The trend in the industry is to use the Internet protocol (IP) networks to provide the voice services. This trend is referred to as the convergence of the voice and data traffic over the same network, usually the IP network. Though this concept is attractive, there are formidable difficulties in actually realizing it. This is because the IP networks are inherently unsuitable to provide voice services. They must therefore be appropriately improved. Further, the improved technology needs to be ubiquitously deployed. Neither of these two requirements is either easy or inexpensive. The softswitch technology is a significant step in this direction. It is an important element towards a solution to providing voice (services) over IP networks (VoIP).