[CentOS] Asterisk and VOIP was Re: CentOS for non-tech user
Ron Blizzard
rb4centos at gmail.com
Wed Sep 30 22:26:58 UTC 2009
On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 5:15 PM, Brian Mathis <brian.mathis at gmail.com> wrote:
> "Not connected to the Internet", and "not connected to a LAN" are very
> different things. I doubt VOIP would work if the server was not
> connected to a LAN. There could be quite a few things on the LAN,
> depending on it's size, such as viruses, malware, and even users doing
> scans of the network. Don't assume that "out there" is insecure, and
> "in here" is secure. That's one of the biggest mistakes to make when
> creating a secure environment.
You're right. I was thinking like a phone tech -- that the VOIP
system's wiring was still separate from the regular LAN.
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RonB -- Using CentOS 5.3
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