As far as I can tell you not an idiot for not picking this up. It was
a bit buried in the details. I am not sure why they just didn't
explain this in announcement about 1.2.2. Or better in the Readme.
But I am sure they had good reasons.
ftp://ftp.digium.com/pub/asterisk/README-1.2.2-netsec
"This release of Asterisk contains support for network security devices
manufactured by Ranch Networks, Inc., using their MIDCOM interface
library. You will need the companion libmidcom-0.1.0.tar.gz file to
build the library. Contact Ranch Networks' support department for assistance
in building and configuring MIDCOM support."
So the Q for the release team is:
Does this mean Asterisk now has pre-standards based Midcom support? Or just
Ranch midcom support?
About Ranch voip firewall/NAT/QOS appliance thingy:
http://www.ranchnetworks.com/go.rn?view=voip
What is Midcom you ask?
So Midcom is a IETF protocol Voip PBX speak to tell firewalls type boxes (like Ranch)
what ports to open to allow calls through the firewall. The problem being as
Voip get
secure encrypted signaling firewalls will not be able to tell which ports to
open to
let media through the firewall. I am scared of the idea that my SIP proxy or
IP PBX would be allowed to tell my firewall which ports to open. But I am not
sure there is a better solution.
Good paper that includes short section on Midcom:
NIST: Security Considerations for Voice Over IP Systems
http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-58/SP800-58-final.pdf
- Dustin -
Joe Pukepail wrote:
Perhaps I'm an idiot, but I looked through the readme and changelog
but can't figure out what asterisk-netsec is all about? Anybody
figure it out?
On 1/18/06, *Mr. James W. Laferriere* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
Hello Announce & All ,
On Wed, 18 Jan 2006, Asterisk Development Team wrote:
> Greetings everyone!
> The 1.2.2 versions of Asterisk, Zaptel, and Libpri have now been
> released. The source tarballs are available for download on
> ftp.digium.com <http://ftp.digium.com>. For details about what
has changed, see the ChangeLog
> for Asterisk, Zaptel, or Libpri.
>
> We are also excited to announce the release of a special version of
> Asterisk 1.2.2, called Asterisk-NetSec. It includes some very
exciting
> features not available in any other version of Asterisk, or even
any
> other related product! Please view the appropriate README and
ChangeLog
> for more details.
>
> Asterisk-addons and Asterisk-sounds will remain at version 1.2.1.
> Previously, all packages were updated to reflect a matching version
> number, even if no changes have been made. From now on, releases
will
> only be made when changes have actually been made. Even if version
> numbers do not match, it is safe to use all of these releases
together,
> as long as all of them are the latest version available.
>
> Thank you!
The one thing that annoys me most is a announcment with out
a url: to what it is announcing . Can we please correct
this ? Tia , JimL
ps: Not that I can't find it , but ... is just courtisy to others .
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