Re: [Asterisk-Users] OT: Why "encrypted" config files

2004-11-18 Thread Rich Adamson
> Off topic, but this seems like a good place to ask :) > > Why do vendors think it is in their best interest to encrypt device config > files and then restrict access to the tools to create the config files? < snip > > I'm sitting in a data center surrounded with probably close to $1,000,000 >

Re: [Asterisk-Users] OT: Why "encrypted" config files

2004-11-17 Thread Michael Loftis
I think maybe some of them come from a telco world and not the real world? :) ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mail

[Asterisk-Users] OT: Why "encrypted" config files

2004-11-17 Thread Steve Edwards
Off topic, but this seems like a good place to ask :) Why do vendors think it is in their best interest to encrypt device config files and then restrict access to the tools to create the config files? If I made a product, I'd be "bending over backwards" to make sure everybody who wanted my produ