[Asterisk-Users] Newbie: Only allow authenticated users to call

[Bill Seddon]

I'm wondering if you are confusing two ideas.  It has to be possible for
anyone to be able to call you just like they can on an ordinary POTS line.
Registration is for those who need to appear in some sense "internal" to the
PBX.  Using dialplan contexts you can offer very different functionality to
callers who are registered versus those who are "just calling".

For example, you might assign all registered users to a context call
"internal" and provide access to all the dial plans.  You might set the
context of all non-registered callers to an "external" dialplan context.
The internal context might provide access to all the telephony services an
internal user might expect (eg dial 7 to get to voicemail automatically).
The external context might direct a caller to the operator or to a voice
prompt.  Optionally, you might provide an extension for voicemail so that
external employees calling from home or a client site can get to their
messages.  Clearly the caller will need to be prompted for a voice mail box
and password but that's covered by the voicemail system.

Bill Seddon
Lyquidity Solutions

-----Original Message-----
From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Henry Jensen
Sent: September 08, 2004 9:32 AM
To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Newbie: Only allow authenticated users to call

I made the observation that I'm able to make a call with my SIP client
(kphone)  even when I'm not 
registered/authenticated.

Of course, when I'm not registered at asterisk, people can't call me, but
it's still a huge security hole,
that unregistered Clients can make calls. 

Is there a way to tell asterisk to only allow registered clients making
calls? I know about the "Anti Ex
Girlfriend" function, but this is not what I want.


Regrads,
Henry
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