[Asterisk-Users] voip encryption options

[snacktime]

On 5/13/05, trixter http://www.0xdecafbad.com <trixter at 0xdecafbad.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-05-13 at 11:26 -0700, snacktime wrote:
> > Maybe this helps with what type of solution I am looking for.
> >
> > The company I work for runs a credit card payment gateway.  We are
> > creating a hosted pbx solution where callers will need to enter a
> > credit card number.  Whatever solution we used would require that
> > whoever runs the pstn gateway encrypt their traffic at that point
> > before sending it to us.
> >
> > At the same time I'm also looking at the possibility of putting in our
> > own pstn gateway if I can't find a vendor solution.
> >
> 
> Global crossing and verisign both use a VPN to route the call data (sip
> and media streams) to you.  Verisign is really only for larger
> installations, afaik they dont offer small account service, and
> primarily they cater to CLECs but that is not a requirement according to
> a tech at verisign.
> 
> CLEC certification is not a speedy thing, so if you were planning on
> launching this app in less than 6 months (assuming you hired a good
> person to assist you in filing the 132094190419 bits of paperwork and
> all) then it would not make sense.

I'm curious, why would we want to become a CLEC?  I was just going to
put in some PRI's if we didn't find a vendor solution.  I'd rather not
have to do that, but I know we won't be filling to be a CLEC anytime
soon.

Chris