[Asterisk-Users] Module Failure

[Steven Critchfield]

On Thu, 2004-11-25 at 12:21 -0300, Francisco Seratti wrote:
> > On Thu, 2004-11-25 at 09:59 -0500, Giovanni Powell wrote:
> > > How can i get asterisk to still load, after a module has failed to load.
> > > Can i skip over some modules.
> >
> > Depends on the module. Some modules are very important and can't be
> > skipped. If it is not a module you care about, in the modules.conf, put
> > a noload=module_name into the file and you will get asterisk to skip
> > over it. I think it is important to do that for VoIP modules not in use
> > as it also cuts down on potential exploit in routes.
> 
> what do you mean with "I think it is important to do that for VoIP modules
> not in use as it also cuts down on potential exploit in routes."

Exactly what was said. But for those with out the networking background,
any open network port has the potential to be exploited. Mark and all do
their very best to make sure the code is tight and clean. So if you turn
off the VoIP modules not being used, you don't open up more ports to
potentially be compromised. 
-- 
Steven Critchfield <critch at basesys.com>