[asterisk-users] how to show used "wrong password"

[Kevin P. Fleming]

On 03/15/2012 02:38 PM, Warren Selby wrote:

> Second, this is kind of outside the box thinking, so it may not work at
> all, but try setting the NAT on that peer to no, and then tcpdump the
> incoming registration attempts and see if you can see the internal
> private IP address of the packet.  If there's a SIP helper on the far
> end, this may not help.  Possibly, remove the secret= line from that
> peer in sip.conf and see if it successfully registers.  Again, with the
> right nat= setting, you may be able to tcpdump the communication with
> that peer and get the private IP address so that you can then attempt
> narrow it down.  This is not a long term solution, obviously, as it
> would create a gaping security hole, but it's worth a shot.

There's an interesting option in there: if you remove the 'secret', then 
the peer will be able to register. Once it is registered, you can call 
it, and the user/owner/etc. will hopefully be there so you can tell them 
to fix their endpoint.

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