[asterisk-dev] "matched" versus "authenticated"

[Nick Lewis]

>Going down that path means we will have to go through a lot of issues,
>like TLS auth - with or without verification. What's a "generic"
authentication
>and how do we handle that in the dialplan? What's an "authenticated"
>caller ID? Is the caller ID verified just because we had a MD5 digest
auth?
>
>These are large issues that needs serious architecture work. 
>
>What you're talking about is more "matched" - we matched an incoming
call to a device specification.

I agree with the distinction between "matched" and any concept of
"authenticated". The latter needs
extensive systems architecture work, where as the former concept is
already well understood and 
supported (save for one bug #14340 in the callback extension /
registration contact)

N_L

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