[asterisk-biz] Brokerage Firms and Asterisk?

[Trevor Hammonds]

David,
There is no such industry-wide ban on Asterisk.

The FBI warning was issued in December 2008 about a vulnerability in
Asterisk SIP authentication.  The vulnerability was documented by Digium in
Asterisk Security Advisory AST-2008-003, and had been resolved NINE months
earlier, in March 2008.  The original FBI IC3 warning has been revised
substantially.

A good article detailing the issue:
http://blog.tmcnet.com/blog/tom-keating/asterisk/digium-responds-to-fbi-vhishing-security-warning-about-asterisk.asp
or
http://tinyurl.com/c6rpe3

IC3 Notice:
http://www.ic3.gov/media/2008/081205-2.aspx

Asterisk Critical Updates:
http://www.asterisk.org/node/48466


Sincerely,
Trevor Hammonds

On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 9:36 AM, David Shauger <sollostech at gmail.com> wrote:

> We have been approached by a brokerage firm to upgrade their phone system
> to VoIP and presented Asterisk as a solution. Our competition is pushing
> Microsoft's system and states that Asterisk is forbidden in the industry
> especially following last year's FBI warning. Anybody have clarification on
> this? Hoping they are wrong.
> Thanks!
>
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> David Shauger
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> Sollos Technology Solutions
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> 404-886-7603 - cell
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