Doug, I don't believe that it would be a good idea to leave the Asterisk box unprotected (without any firewall). This would leave you wide open for people to access your internal system through the Asterisk box. We have all been participating in a discussion about an article written by the ingenious Mr. Jim Louderback, technology writer for Ziff Davis, regarding the security risk of IP Telephony. As far as the cost of vpning the phones, maybe you could use LinkSys vpn routers ($129.00 / each) and cut the cost in half. If you didn't want to go the VPN route, you could setup access-list on your 3810 to only accept traffic from the known IP addresses of your home warriors. This is not the most secure, but it does provide some security and would probably block most half hearted attempts from wannabe hackers. You could sell your Cisco phones, install X-Lite (free softphone) and put the money from the Cisco phones toward vpning your network. There are several ways to go, I just wouldn't leave it wide open.
Sincerely, Ronald R. McDaniel Southern Computer Services, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (251) 444-3136 office (251) 446-3137 fax (251) 294-1202 cell _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
