[asterisk-users] Misunderstood thing

[Tseveendorj]

Hi David,

Thank you for your response.
> Ummm, what kind of peer?
I mean peer = VoIP providers or SIP working equipment. for example Cisco 
AS5350.

If I want to connect VoIP provider anywhere in the World. I think most 
VoIP providers didn't use username and secret for trunk between partners.
If I'm wrong please give me right direction.

Sincerely,
Tseveen



David Backeberg wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 8:53 PM, Tseveendorj<tseveendorj at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm novice on the SIP protocol also on Asterisk. Could someone explain
>> me why the Asterisk is using username and secret config on peer connection?
>>     
>
> Because with any authentication, any system that can connect to your
> system can initiate calls. This is considered a 'bad thing'.
>
>   
>> Does Asterisk can send call to peer without username and secret
>> configuration ?
>>     
>
> Ummm, what kind of peer? If you think security is for chumps, set the
> username and password to something obvious and guessable. How about
> 'freecallshere' and 'freecallshere'.
>
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