Mario Stocco's Weblog
The Less Than Friendly-scanner, Sipvicious
Thursday, August 18, 2011
If you put a SIP server on the internet, it's just a matter of time before you see sipvicious , a very aggressive type of brute force attack that looks to discover weak.
Skype for Asterisk Discontinued
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Rod Montgomery of the Digium Product Management Team announced today that Skype for Asterisk will not be available for sale or activation after July 26, 2011. One can only assume that Microsoft is not interested in having skype on any platform but there own.
Maintenance: Dec 15th, 2010
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
We will be performing very brief maintenance on our SIP services Wednesday, December 15, between Midnight and 12:30AM Pacific Time. The work being performed will have no impact on connectivity and should have little to no impact on service availability or performance.
AastraLink Pro 160 - Quick Setup Guide
Monday, March 08, 2010
The AastraLink Pro 160 is a cool network appliance that delivers simple PBX functionality to small businesses. Powered by a unique implementation of the Asterisk open-source IP-PBX, the Aastalink Pro 160 delivers some of the typical features found in a telephone system. Auto-attendant, voicemail are out-of-the-box PBX telephony features of the Aastralink Pro 160 as are: call forward, holding, call log, call transfer, 3 way conferencing, corporate and personal directory.
OpenSIPS 1.6.1 Released
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
OpenSIPS 1.6.1 was released just in time for the holiday season.
This is first minor release of the OpenSIPS 1.6 branch. It contains bug fixes and some performance improvements. All functionality related to scripting and system interfacing remains unchanged. Bogdan-Andrei Iancu, the lead developer behind the OpenSIPS project, noted that OpenSIPS 1.6.1 contains important performance enhancements related to memory and registration support. This point release also addresses important improvements to OpenSIPS stability.
About this blog
With nearly a decade of in-the-trenches computer telephony experience, Mario Stocco writes this weblog to articulate his thoughts on topics like VoIP, Open Source and life in general.
Previous Blog Entries
Aastra 6739i Now ShippingIf It Looks Like a Telephone Company...
Selecting A VoIP Telephone
IP-PBX Support for Debian Linux Available
How to Install OpenSIPS on Fedora
The Valuation of Skype
Aastra 6757i SIP Telephone Review
What is SIP, An Overview
Aastra Announces New SIP Phones
Assessing VoIP Readiness
OpenSIPS and Asterisk Compared
Thinking About VoIP Security
Asterisk downloads up 50% in 2008
A Quick IP PBX Telephone Systems Guide
FBI's Asterisk PBX Security Advisory
Python 2.6, A stepping stone to Python 3
Common Hurdles of VoIP Networks
Inter-Asterisk Exchange :: IAX2 VoIP Primer
Describing VoIP's Session Initiation Protocol
VoIP Differs from Data Communications
Securing Asterisk VoIP with OpenVPN
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