[Asterisk-Users] Asterisk in a DMZ

[Dominique Kull]

Why not use a public address for * ?  A firewall, if properly configured 
can protect your * server the same way as it would with NAT in a DMZ.

Dominique

Bastian Schern wrote:

> Hello *,
> 
> I try to establish a Asterisk-Server for internal and external usage. 
> Perfect use case for a DMZ, or not?
> 
> My configuration:
> 
> 
>   I N T E R N E T                                      |
>          |                                             | E
>          |                                             | X
>          |                                             | T
>          |                                             | E
>          | 213.xxx.xx.68                               | R
>    +-----#----+                                        | N
>    | Firewall |                                        |
>    +-----#----+ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+-
>          | 192.168.40.68                               |
>          |                                             |
> +--------#--------+                                    |
> |     Switch      |                                    |
> +--#---#---#---#--+                                    |
>    |   |                                               |
>    |   +-----------------+                             | D
>    |                     |                             | M
>    +--+                  |                             | Z
>       | (213.xxx.xx.66)  | (213.xxx.xx.70)             |
>       | 192.168.40.66    | 192.168.40.70               |
> +-----#----+       +-----#----+                        |
> | Firewall |       | Asterisk |                        |
> +----------+       +----------+                        |
> |  Server  |                                           |
> +-----#----+  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+-
>       | 192.168.0.1                                    |
>       |                                                |
>       +--+                                             |
>          |                                             |
> +--------#--------+                                    |
> |     Switch      |                                    | I
> +--#--#--#--#--#--+                                    | N
>    |  |  |                                             | T
>    |  |  |                                             | E
>    |  |  |                                             | R
>    |  |  |                                             | N
>    |  |  +-----------------------------+               |
>    |  +--------------+                 |               |
>    |                 |                 |               |
>    | 192.168.0.101   | 192.168.0.102   | 192.168.0.103 |
> +--#---+          +--#---+          +--#---+           |
> | Tel1 |          | Tel2 |          | Tel3 |           |
> +------+          +------+          +------+           |
> 
> 
> But now the IP-Phones could not communicate with Asterisk because the 
> Server (a Linux host) will NAT the internal IP-Addresses.
> 
> Is there a good way to solve this Problem?
> 
> Regards
>     Bastian
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