[asterisk-users] Polycom 501 provisioning : how to secure values located in plein text files

[Lacy Moore - Aspendora]

Then again, you can always sneak into your boss' office, swap his/her phone
for yours, and then you'll get all his/her calls.

Hmm...  That would be fun.  I should try that next time I'm in someone's
office that uses VoIP phones :-)


On 7/26/06, C F <shmaltz at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Use a username and password for the FTP. Of course that also means
> that you can't use the default username and password and an extra
> config step before deploying the phones, and also that with a network
> sniffer s/he can get the username and password.
>
> On 7/26/06, Mike <list at virtutel.ca> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > This is a follow up question to my issues setting up the Polycom 501
> when i
> > first received it.  I've been playing with the provisioning aspect, and
> it
> > works great.  My only issue is the following: Its a tradeoff between
> > efficient and secured, and I'd like to know if I can have my cake and
> eat it
> > too.
> >
> > Context: I have 15 phones in my company.  I have an FTP server, that
> > contains a directory with a general sip.cfg setup, and 15 phonex.cfg,
> one
> > for each phone.
> >
> > How can I prevent an educated idiot from getting a phonex.cfg file which
> > isnt meant for him, finding out the reg username and reg.password values
> and
> > then passing off as, let's say, his boss and wreaking havoc on the
> business'
> > reputation by getting calls which weren't meant for him...?
> >
> > Mike
> >
> >
> >
> >
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-- 
Lacy Moore
Aspendora, Inc.
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