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.