Elastix 2.5 and 3.0 released
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And why Elastix over FreePBX?
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@Dashrender said:
This is something I'm really interested in, but can barely talk the language. How do you get a phone in your home to connect to the PBX at RS? Does the phone support a VPN connection?
No VPN, that is the point of what @scottalanmiller is saying. The clients want open roaming for mobile or home workers.
Instead you lock down rules in ip tables to restrict to known addresses and networks.
Still leaves you a bit open, but it is not open to the world.
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@Dashrender said:
And why Elastix over FreePBX?
FreePBX as a distribution is actually quite new to the scene. The web interface is the core of many other distributions and has been for years.
Elastix was the best solution for clients that have no IT or want to just see a simple interface to manage day to day PBX chores.
All the other systems are quite a bit more flexible, but also require a bit more knowledge to operate well.
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@Dashrender said:
This is something I'm really interested in, but can barely talk the language. How do you get a phone in your home to connect to the PBX at RS? Does the phone support a VPN connection?
Nearly any phone has built in VPN, but you don't need once. VoIP works just like any service on the Internet. There is nothing strange or unique here. Think about how your browser (which is like a phone) talks to a hosted web server (which is like the PBX.) You don't need a VPN or any special setup for them to talk.
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Elastix 3 has its own, new GUI. We have to see how that is. FreePBX lacks the maturity of Elastix and has not yet proven its staying power. But it is made by the people who make the main GUI that everyone uses - or did until today when Elastix announced their own.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@Dashrender said:
This is something I'm really interested in, but can barely talk the language. How do you get a phone in your home to connect to the PBX at RS? Does the phone support a VPN connection?
Nearly any phone has built in VPN, but you don't need once. VoIP works just like any service on the Internet. There is nothing strange or unique here. Think about how your browser (which is like a phone) talks to a hosted web server (which is like the PBX.) You don't need a VPN or any special setup for them to talk.
I understand this, but isn't the SIP protocol unencrypted, ie anyone can listen if they can get a copy of the stream?
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@JaredBusch said:
@Dashrender said:
This is something I'm really interested in, but can barely talk the language. How do you get a phone in your home to connect to the PBX at RS? Does the phone support a VPN connection?
No VPN, that is the point of what @scottalanmiller is saying. The clients want open roaming for mobile or home workers.
Instead you lock down rules in ip tables to restrict to known addresses and networks.
Still leaves you a bit open, but it is not open to the world.
Having to put in IP's doesn't allow for roaming users.
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@Dashrender said:
I understand this, but isn't the SIP protocol unencrypted, ie anyone can listen if they can get a copy of the stream?
Just like a normal phone call, yes. PSTN and Cell are this way too. 99% of people have no need for voice encryption. It's a point to point connection with disconnected, streaming, one way, encoded audio. Can you snatch it from the wire? Yes, of course. But who do you fear? The ISP can unencrypt your conversation for the government even if you use a VPN. Other than them, who do you fear is listening to your calls?
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@Dashrender said:
Having to put in IP's doesn't allow for roaming users.
It can be done by extension, so some extensions are locked and some can roam. You can lock to IP blocks as well, so roaming just within regions.
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@Dashrender said:
Having to put in IP's doesn't allow for roaming users.
I said networks, not IP addresses. Though of course you can allow specific IP addresses too.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@Dashrender said:
Having to put in IP's doesn't allow for roaming users.
It can be done by extension, so some extensions are locked and some can roam. You can lock to IP blocks as well, so roaming just within regions.
Are you less worried about this because of the IP Tables AJ mentioned you wrote?
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@Dashrender said:
Are you less worried about this because of the IP Tables AJ mentioned you wrote?
Yes, much less. VPNs are still better, but far more complicated.
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@Dashrender said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@Dashrender said:
Having to put in IP's doesn't allow for roaming users.
It can be done by extension, so some extensions are locked and some can roam. You can lock to IP blocks as well, so roaming just within regions.
Are you less worried about this because of the IP Tables AJ mentioned you wrote?
You should see this thing. It's extensive.
