[asterisk-users] Re: How to separate outgoing extens from the contexts from sip.conf?

[Larry Alkoff]

Benny Amorsen wrote:
>>>>>> "LA" == Larry Alkoff <labradley at mindspring.com> writes:
> 
> LA> If it's not a security issue I might as well have all phones with
> LA> context=default in sip.conf even though voip-info specifically
> LA> warns against that. Wonder why?
> 
> Random SIP calls from the internet could end up in context default, if
> that is the default context mentioned in sip.conf. Then anyone on the
> Internet can use your outgoing lines.
> 
> 
> /Benny

Hi /Benny

Is the context default a 'special' context?  That is, does Asterisk 
recognize it as unique in some way?

How would "anyone on the internet" go about using my outgoing lines?

Larry


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