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> -----Original Message----- > From: Mikael Bak [mailto:mikael at t dash online dot hu] > Sent: Tuesday, 2 September 2008 6:04 PM > > On Mon, 2008-09-01 at 11:44 -0400, Mark Phillips wrote: > > Use a previous version. > > > > Just because a newer version is out doesn't mean that you > > SHOULD use it. > > > > Mark > > > > Hi Mark, > > I did consider that option, but for security reasons, I don't think > it's > a very good idea to build upon a software that I can never update. > > When I said I need m0n0wall + SIP proxy, I wasn't perhaps too clear. I > ment I need something very similar to m0n0wall that also do SIP > proxying. > > In case someone else also misunderstands me. I do not want anybody to > put back SIP proxy functionality into m0n0wall. If the developers and > the majority of the users wants it out, it's perfectly fine with me. > Right now I'm looking for alternatives that I can use when I need SIP > proxy. When SIP proxy isn't needed, m0n0wall is my absolute favorite! > > Let me take this opportunity to thank the developers for all the hard > work! > > Best regards, > Mikael Hi Mikael, Not to mention that old versions are often updated to new versions because vulnerabilities are found - such as the recent DNS vulnerabilities - so running old versions is generally considered a bad idea for security reasons. We're about to start looking at sipXecs here at the office and for our clients instead of Asterisk-based PBX systems. The one issue with sipXecs right now (and in the past, which is also why we didn't look too seriously at it) is that if your sipXecs box is behind a firewall, you need an SBC for it to work. I gather the deprecated m0n0wall SIP Proxy acted as a full Session Border Controller? This will be addressed in sipXecs 4.0, but there's no indication on how far away this is at this point in time. So, the SIP proxy in m0n0wall would really have been handy! :) We never found it to be an issue here when it was disabled - we've run SIP here for a few years now - however now it is gone, we need it! Bugger, eh? If anyone knows of a nice little firewall distro that has an inbuilt SIP proxy, and this excludes SmoothWall (because I said "nice"), then I'm all ears. -- http://blog.hiltontravis.com/ Regards, Hilton Travis Phone: +61 (0)7 3105 9101 (Brisbane, Australia) Phone: +61 (0)419 792 394 Manager, Quark IT http://www.quarkit.com.au Quark Group http://www.quarkgroup.com.au Microsoft SBSC PAL (Australia) http://www.sbscpal.com/ War doesn't determine who is right. War determines who is left. This document and any attachments are for the intended recipient only. It may contain confidential, privileged or copyright material which must not be disclosed or distributed. Quark Group Pty. Ltd. T/A Quark Automation, Quark AudioVisual, Quark IT |