[Asterisk-Users] How to restrict simultaneous phone registrations

[Bill Gibbs]

I say just bill the user at extension 333 it's his responsibility to
keep the login info private.  If he disputes it, refund the first time
then change the password to something really complicated then start
billing him if it keeps happening after that!

Bill

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[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Bryan
Mahin
Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 10:50 PM
To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] How to restrict simultaneous phone
registrations

:) I should rephrase my question. And included a bit more information on
what I am trying to accomplish.

Solution 1 (preferred)

I am working on an asterisk installation where most end users will use
softphones. If I am not able to lock down calling to one phone at a
time, the end users will share their login information with friends,
family, neighbors, and the some girl they meet on myspace.

Currently, I am able to register two phones at separate locations with
the same account on each phone and make concurrent calls.

For example, If I login extension 333 at location A, and 333 at location
B, simultaneous calls can be placed from both phones at the exact same
time. I only want calls placed from extension 333 to work from either A
or B not A and B concurrently. 

Here is my ideal solution. Location A wants to make a call, but location
B has a call in progress. Location B has to either close their phone, or
hang up before Location A can make the call.


OR.. Solution 2. :)
A way I can distinguish in my CDR the IP address or some other
recognizable difference between the two locations when they make
concurrent calls using the same extension.  The complication here is; I
can currently the log IP addresses, but as the end phones are on the
internet, Nat'd, and I am using a siparator for traversal. As a result,
my logs show the IP address of the siparator and I don't have any other
data to distinguish the end phones. 

OR.. Solution 2.5
One thought I've had is to send logs from the siparator to a syslog
server, parse them, hunt for simultaneous calls placed by the same
accounts from different locations, and bill the end users accordingly.
But I really dislike this idea as no one likes to be hit with
surcharges.

Any help or insight is greatly appreciated.

Thanks again,
Bryan Mahin


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[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Eric
"ManxPower" Wieling
Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 7:50 PM
To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] How to restrict simultaneous phone
registrations

Bryan Mahin wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I am looking for a way to restrict users from logging in two separate
> phones with the same authorization name/password at the same time.
> Meaning, I only want users to be able to place a call from one phone
in
> one location, but have the ability to move from computer to computer.
> Has anyone found any sort of solution for this type scenario?

This is a non-issue, because a second registration to the same account 
will override and previous registrations for that account.
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