Hi David, Thank you for your response. > Ummm, what kind of peer? I mean peer = VoIP providers or SIP working equipment. for example Cisco AS5350.
If I want to connect VoIP provider anywhere in the World. I think most VoIP providers didn't use username and secret for trunk between partners. If I'm wrong please give me right direction. Sincerely, Tseveen David Backeberg wrote: > On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 8:53 PM, Tseveendorj<tseveend...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I'm novice on the SIP protocol also on Asterisk. Could someone explain >> me why the Asterisk is using username and secret config on peer connection? >> > > Because with any authentication, any system that can connect to your > system can initiate calls. This is considered a 'bad thing'. > > >> Does Asterisk can send call to peer without username and secret >> configuration ? >> > > Ummm, what kind of peer? If you think security is for chumps, set the > username and password to something obvious and guessable. How about > 'freecallshere' and 'freecallshere'. > > _______________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > AstriCon 2009 - October 13 - 15 Phoenix, Arizona > Register Now: http://www.astricon.net > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- AstriCon 2009 - October 13 - 15 Phoenix, Arizona Register Now: http://www.astricon.net asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users