[asterisk-biz] New IP PBX lifting the bar

[Andy Davidson]

On 26 Oct 2007, at 00:03, Dean Collins wrote:

> It's interesting you mention "PBX, Firewall, Router rolled into 1"  
> as I've been approached recently by some people who have various  
> thoughts about should or shouldn't asterisk be the first appliance  
> in line to the internet?

Asterisk and its environment should be secure enough to mean that it  
can sit on a world-facing device of any kind.  This is an important  
aim.  If we achieve it, it reduces the list of things you are worried  
about.

> Should or shouldn't asterisk manage firewall/qos/dhcp/routing etc?  
> or when selling it into an existing site is it better to allow  
> existing devices to manage this functionality?

Asterisk wouldn't be managing firewall/qos/dhcp, but some different  
software on the same equipment that asterisk shares might be.  The  
question is about what's more important - saving your IT budget but  
putting all of your eggs into one basket, or designing for scale and  
spreading the risk that a hardware failure will eat fewer of your IT  
services.

The answer is different for every organisation, and there is no right  
answer.




Best wishes,
Andy Davidson

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