[asterisk-users] VPN and Asterisk

[Matt Riddell]

On 8/02/2009 8:14 a.m., Bill Michaelson wrote:
>  "David @ULC" <ucoms2001 at gmail.com> wrote
>> One of my user was asking, can he use VPN to access asterisk ?
>> What does it mean ?
>>
>> And its possible ?
>>
>> How ?VPN
> 
> Sometimes what is called a VPN is not a VPN by everyone's definition, so
> beware. By my definition, a (IP) VPN supports full layer 3 functionality
> (and sometimes more), as opposed to, say, some type of proxy that relays
> a limited set of protocols over a particular path with encryption. So
> you need to be more specific about your question.

Bear in mind you'll want to be running a UDP rather than TCP VPN though
- retransmits suck.

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Kind Regards,

Matt Riddell
Director
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