[Asterisk-Users] TFTP Server Facing the Internet

[Howard Lowndes]

On Thu, 2005-01-27 at 03:34, Michael Welter wrote:
> Since we're chatting about tftp servers...
> 
> Let's say I have a new customer with Cisco 79xx phones, and he desires 
> to SIP register on my Asterisk system.  I would have to provide the 
> SIP<mac>.cnf and SIPDefault.cnf files on my tftp server for his phones. 
>   These files would be world readable, which I don't want.
> 
> Is the solution to put the tftp server behind the firewall and port 
> redirect based on the customer's IP, or is there a better way of 
> restricting access?

TFTP on an open server is a definite no-no.  Port redirection is better
_if_ you have a static IP - but what are you going to do about dynamic
IPs.

> 
> Thanks,
> Mike
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