I'm not saying not to use them but firewalls and VPN are not very voip friendly. VPN adds latency and jitter and firewalls play hell with RTP ports.
bkw ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ronald R. McDaniel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 10:27 PM Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] * and Cisco routers > > ACL's are no way near as secure as firewalls and VPNs. ACLs only look at > IP address and ports. Spoof the IP address and find out the port and you > can get in. I am not saying that this would be an easy task, it would be > pretty difficult to do under most situations. Typically we use ACLs along > with our firewalls when implementing security solutions for our customers. > > > brian k. west > > I personally think firewalls are a stopgap measure for the real problem. > > A > > firewall and VPN are not a fool proof method of protection. Fix the real > > problem instead of hiding it. I usually dont use a real firewall but ACLs > > and other similar methods to lock down where/who can access a box. As for > > cisco routers we use ACL's to lock those where the asterisk box is the > > only > > one that can access it. > > > > bkw > > > > > Ronald R. McDaniel > Southern Computer Services, Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (251) 444-3136 office > (251) 446-3137 fax > (251) 294-1202 cell > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
