David, There is no such industry-wide ban on Asterisk. The FBI warning was issued in December 2008 about a vulnerability in Asterisk SIP authentication. The vulnerability was documented by Digium in Asterisk Security Advisory AST-2008-003, and had been resolved NINE months earlier, in March 2008. The original FBI IC3 warning has been revised substantially.
A good article detailing the issue: http://blog.tmcnet.com/blog/tom-keating/asterisk/digium-responds-to-fbi-vhishing-security-warning-about-asterisk.asp or http://tinyurl.com/c6rpe3 IC3 Notice: http://www.ic3.gov/media/2008/081205-2.aspx Asterisk Critical Updates: http://www.asterisk.org/node/48466 Sincerely, Trevor Hammonds On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 9:36 AM, David Shauger <[email protected]> wrote: > We have been approached by a brokerage firm to upgrade their phone system > to VoIP and presented Asterisk as a solution. Our competition is pushing > Microsoft's system and states that Asterisk is forbidden in the industry > especially following last year's FBI warning. Anybody have clarification on > this? Hoping they are wrong. > Thanks! > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > David Shauger > > Vice President > > > Sollos Technology Solutions > > > 678-317-9444 - voice > > 404-886-7603 - cell > > 772-679-5830 - fax > > [email protected] > > http://www.sollos.com/ > > >
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