I agree. An "install all and disable unneeded" is bad from a security
perspective as well. As we all know SIP products are in the crosshairs
of hackers everywhere with recent automated attacks. This is only going
to get worse. The more that is installed, the more attack surface there
is.

I also would like to see "lightweight" integration as you mentioned in
your blog. In the case of openfire there are a lot of features/modules
we would love to use as a company, but it's too cumbersome to use
"hidden" features using the integrated version. If not using the
integrated version, then we lose too much. Essentially we can only use
what is available out of the box...

My votes for vNext are:

- VMail redundancy in HA config
- More Branch Support for features, esp. dial plans
- More modularized so there is less dependencys. Essentially move to an
install as needed model. Also allow direct control over integrated
products such as openfire. The modularized model should also make adding
lightweight integrations easier allowing sipx to work with more
products. It should also make it easier for "third parties" to write
integrations with the product. Is this going to be hard? Yes. Is there
going to be a lot of secure information going back and forth between
sipx and some third party products (openfire). Yes. I don't think either
reason is a showstopper though and the benefits are just too good to
overlook. 

Just my 2 cents...


Geoff Van Brunt
IT Manager

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