On Dec 21, 2007, at 1:29 PM, Brian Capouch wrote: > Terry Wilson wrote: > >> config files, etc. Make your SIP usernames meaningless and use >> func_odbc to look up what extension is tied to which device. >>
> I wouldn't say to make the names meaningless, though; there are > different ways to use those names so that they have useful meaning. > Just don't make them extension numbers; it's like the TCP/IP boundary > between layers. See SIP for an example of the problems such a thing > can > cause :-) Since we were a nationwide VoIP provider and provisioned phones and had to deal with returns, etc. The SIP username really couldn't be used to identify anything. Since they were multi-line phones, etc. the only way we could have had a "meaningful" username would be possibly MACaddress-LineNumber or something. But if you have a normalized database, looking up user from SIP account becomes trivial. :-) _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
