[Asterisk-Users] Survey: Grandstream improvements.........

[WipeOut]

Stephen R. Besch wrote:

> WipeOut wrote:
>
>> John Brown (CV) wrote:
>>
>>> Hi List,
>>>
>>> I had a wonderful meeting with GS's President last week
>>> and he is very interested in feedback on what top features,
>>> functions, bugs the community would like to see in upcoming
>>> firmware.
>>>
>>> Please keep in mind that adding new features take time to develop, 
>>> test and such.
>>>
>>> So please rate your ideas on a scale of 1-10
>>>
>>> 1  = Nice to have some day
>>>
>>> 10 = Got to have it right now
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Things like ring tones and fixing call waiting are already
>>> on the list. :)
>>>
>>> Lets also keep the replys away from gripes and complaints
>>> and more towards constructive comments.
>>>
>>> I'll be taking the results and sending GS a summary.
>>>
>>> John Brown,
>>> Chagres Technologies, Inc
>>>
>>> Buy your VoIP hardware from us
>>> email: sales at chagres d0t net for quotes
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>> Here is another thought that I haven't heard mentioned...
>>
>> How about changing the TFTP upgrade in favour of HTTP upgrades and 
>> config file retrieval.. I am sure almost everyone has an HTTP server 
>> available to them but I doubt many have a TFTP server available.. I 
>> think this would help many people.. If you agree reply.. :)
>>
>> Later..
>>
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> Virtually every linux distribution I know of has TFTP as part of the 
> distribution, or is easily available as an add on.  It is trivial to 
> set up, has very low overhead and a small footprint.
>
> Stephen R. Besch
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I still think HTTP is a better option.. There is far more control 
available in terms of securing it especially when the description of the 
package says " TFTP provides very little security, and should not be 
enabled unless it is expressly needed."..

The discussion is really moot since I doubt they will change it anyway.. :)

Later..