Maybe some people think that a PBX should come with a few games just like so many cell phones these days :)
Technical Support wrote: >I think that some people try to make their asterisk box a do-everything >super server. Can you image a traditional PBX with direct access via the >internet, serving web pages via apache, running sendmail, etc. > >Our approach has been keep it simple. We lock each Asterisk PBX down has >hard as possible. This includes no direct internet connection (it should >sit behind a real firewall), minimal services running, etc. With this >philosophy, one can treat the PBX as an appliance: don't touch it if it's >working. > >If you must run host web pages, run mail servers, offer SQLnet connections, >make visible to the internet, etc. then other users are correct - you better >continually patch/update ASAP. > >MD > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alex Barnes >Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 4:04 AM >To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion >Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Fedora Core 3 or Fedora Core 4? yum update >ornot? > > > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:asterisk-users- >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rich Adamson >>Sent: 08 February 2006 08:41 >>To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion >>Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Fedora Core 3 or Fedora Core 4? yum >> >> >update > > >>ornot? >> >>However, if you expose the box to the internet, you might want to >> >> >upgrade > > >>those components that are known to have vulnerabilities. If you don't, >>count on the box being compromised sooner or later. >> >>------------------------ >> >> >>>This is sound advice worth taking. If you get a system stable in >>>production, LEAVE IT ALONE!! >>> >>> >>> > > >We have just switched from SUSE to Fedora4 for our new installs and are very >happy with it. Personally I much prefer it and bonus is it's free. > >Something that might be of interest is before I deployed the box live I did >a full yum update I guess it must have updated the kernel or something as >after I rebooted the box zap stopped working with some weird errors. > >Quick recompile of zaptel had everything working a charm but its something >worth keeping in mind. > >I think the "once it's working, leave it alone" advice is very sound indeed >:) > > >HTH > >Alex > > >Information contained in this e-mail and any attachments are intended for >the use of the addressee only, and may contain confidential information of >Ubiquity Software Corporation. All unauthorized use, disclosure or >distribution is strictly prohibited. If you are not the addressee, please >notify the sender immediately and destroy all copies of this email. Unless >otherwise expressly agreed in writing signed by an officer of Ubiquity >Software Corporation, nothing in this communication shall be deemed to be >legally binding. Thank you. > >_______________________________________________ >--Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > >Asterisk-Users mailing list >To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > >_______________________________________________ >--Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > >Asterisk-Users mailing list >To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users