Account codes can be used for billing and are reported on the CDR screens. Authorization codes are used to control access.
________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kyle Haefner Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2010 10:37 AM To: sipx-dev Subject: Re: [sipx-dev] [SFtrack] Resolved: (XX-8501) Authorization Codes Regarding Authorization codes... does anyone know, when an auth code is used does it show up in the database in any way? The end goal for us and auth codes it to be able to bill based on auth code. Thanks! Kyle On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 2:57 AM, Hiranmayee Sahoo (JIRA) <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: [ http://track.sipfoundry.org/browse/XX-8501?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ] Hiranmayee Sahoo resolved XX-8501. ---------------------------------- Assignee: Raymond Dans Fix Version/s: 4.3.1 (was: 4.3.2) Resolution: Fixed > Authorization Codes > -------------------- > > Key: XX-8501 > URL: http://track.sipfoundry.org/browse/XX-8501 > Project: sipXecs > Issue Type: New Feature > Reporter: Raymond Dans > Assignee: Raymond Dans > Fix For: 4.3.1 > > > Authorization codes provides the capability of a user to temporarily (usually > for the next call) gain a set of calling privileges/permissions that the user > does not normally have. These privileges only apply to the call in question. > Any other normally initiated call uses the regular assigned permissions for > that user. > An example of the use of Authorization code is in a school environment where > each classroom has a telephone. In order to prevent misuse of the classroom > phone (possibly by the students), the user that the phone is registered with > has very limited call permissions (say Emergency and internal calls only). > If the teacher has to make an external call that possibly requires long > distance permissions, they could dial the Authorization code feature (say > something like *81). The teacher would then be prompted for a valid > authorization code and the destination dial string. If the authorization > code is validated the call would then proceed with the permissions assigned > to this code. > Configuration of this feature will require the ability to: > 1. modify the Authorization code feature code (default possibly *81) > 2. add/delete a number of authorization codes. > 3. assign call permissions for each authorization code. > It is not necessary (at least in this iteration) to assign an Authorization > code to a user. In other words, any user can use any define authorization > code. > The feature should only accept the authorization feature code in the original > dialing as we do not want the redial or phone log capabilities to record the > actual authorization code entered as this would then be a security hole. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://track.sipfoundry.org/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira
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