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Asterisk and Linux to Build Secure VoIP Connection

Posted by samzenpus on from the talk-all-day dept.

Beave writes "Using Linux and the Asterisk PBX, it is possible to build a secure, cost effective VoIP (and traditional PSTN) PBX solutions. This article shows you how to take advantage of various hardware, software and tricks to accomplish this goal within a limited budget."

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  1. What will the Romans do? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    Oh wait, that was Asterix and Obelix.

    s/Romans/phone comanies/

  2. Shows you how? by Dancin_Santa · · Score: 5, Insightful

    More like tells you in the most general of terms what they implemented.

    Obviously what is going to be the real killer app is VoIP in a wireless setup. Instead of having a wall jack for your desk phone, it just hooks into the wireless mesh seamlessly.

    I'm sure this has already been done. I'd love to see an article about it.

  3. This is cool... by dealsites · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Be sure to check out this article on a sweet Asterisk implementation.
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  4. Useful Asterisk Resources by TheMysteriousFuture · · Score: 5, Informative
    Useful Asterisk Links:

    The Asterisk Wiki
    Note: the wiki search is useless. Search with google instead, use "searchterm site:voip-info.org" (without quotes).

    The Asterisk Documentation Project

    The Asterisk Mailing Lists
    Note: to search the lists use google again. "searchterm site:lists.digium.com" (without quotes)" in google.

    the #asterisk chat room on irc.freenode.org. Drop by and say hello.
    Note that due to problems with massive spambot attacks regisitration is required to join the channel. Simply type
    /msg nickserv register mypassword
    /join #asterisk

    The next time you join you will need to type
    /msg nickserv identify mypassword

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  5. Our solution by frankthechicken · · Score: 5, Interesting

    At my office we all have our own x-boxes, and using the X-box live service, we are able to happily communicate with each other at a very competetive pricing structure.

    The solution offers a simple text messaging scheme, and conference calling facillities.

    I can fully recommend this solution to any businesses looking for a cost effective VoIP.

  6. A view from the industry by jaymzter · · Score: 5, Insightful

    From an enterprise viewpoint, that is a very large service base, asterisk is dead in the water until it can match the simplicity of the interfaces found on proprietary systems. This isn't a knock on asterisk as a technology solution, but the telcom admin of a large corporation isn't going to want to look at a text file to figure out his dialplan or use some arcane interface when on a more mature system he can use a simple command like 'display dialplan'.
    I don't doubt many people have used asterisk as a voice solution for some companies, but not for any major companies and certainly not for any huge call centers. RTFA, a CIO would sh*t if you showed him snippets from some text file. Not to mention the questionable logic of running your voice system on a white box computer. It may be fine and dandy when e-mail is down for an hour, but five minutes without phones is a lifetime for any serious company. 5 9's is not a joke in the voice world and actually a rational expectation.
    In other words, I support asterisk simply because I love open source, but don't kid yourself, right now it's just a hobby app (as seen from the enterprise)

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