On 26 Oct 2007, at 00:03, Dean Collins wrote: > It's interesting you mention "PBX, Firewall, Router rolled into 1" > as I've been approached recently by some people who have various > thoughts about should or shouldn't asterisk be the first appliance > in line to the internet?
Asterisk and its environment should be secure enough to mean that it can sit on a world-facing device of any kind. This is an important aim. If we achieve it, it reduces the list of things you are worried about. > Should or shouldn't asterisk manage firewall/qos/dhcp/routing etc? > or when selling it into an existing site is it better to allow > existing devices to manage this functionality? Asterisk wouldn't be managing firewall/qos/dhcp, but some different software on the same equipment that asterisk shares might be. The question is about what's more important - saving your IT budget but putting all of your eggs into one basket, or designing for scale and spreading the risk that a hardware failure will eat fewer of your IT services. The answer is different for every organisation, and there is no right answer. Best wishes, Andy Davidson -- :: http://www.localphone.com/ - Call Global, Pay Local :: /* opinions and thoughts expressed here are my own */ _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
