Narus Inc. - Thanks Bastards.
21 Oct '05 - 23:46 by benrI just saw this story hit /.: VoIP Backlash From Phone Companies. Apparently now using a "new application" from Narus telco's can id and block VoIP calls. This bugs me on two levels, the obvious one, but mainly because I've got a Narus setup at work and I hate the f'ing bastards. They are a small company with < 50 customers, all large telco's. The Narus system itself is retardedly simple and built using open source software. One box acts as a analyzer, you mirror your traffic and pump it into a box (analyzer) which then spools and packages it to be sent to a secondary box (logicserver) that pushes the data into a MySQL database to be manipulated according to a variety of rules. Basically, its a big sniffer. The most common use of the Narus system is to categorize your traffic and bill accordingly. We're using it here for bandwidth tracking but mostly to handle enforcement (locking accounts) not billing per say (although they can upgrade for more bandwidth).
I've had a long and rocky experience with Narus. I won't go into any stories, but I hope they crash and burn. Its amazing they've survived this long frakly. Narus is using Linux, MySQL, PERL, Python, and other open source code to help people shut down VoIP calls internationally. Is that wrong? No. But it sure sucks to work, test, and support something that turns out to be part of a gun that gets pointed at you. Die Narus, Die.
(Sorry, I'm in a bad mood today...)
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