> On Jan 5, 2022, at 8:56 PM, Bruce Ferrell <bferr...@baywinds.org> wrote:
>
> On 1/5/22 4:09 PM, Philip Prindeville wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Happy New Year.
>>
>> Anyone out there using Freeswitch or Asterisk on their firewall as an
>> IP-PBX? I've not had to set one up in ages and I'm wondering what works
>> well these days.
>>
>> I have AstLinux running on an Soekris Net5501 but it's about to die... Plus
>> I'd really rather just have a single box that does everything... Plus it's
>> still running Asterisk 1.8.6.0.
>>
>> I have a single /32 that's routable, and I NAT behind it. My phones are
>> Sipura SPA942's and SPA504G's (2 each).
>>
>> Anyone have documentation on getting started?
>>
>> Or strong arguments to use Freeswitch over Asterisk or vice versa?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> -Philip
>
> My personal preference is Asterisk.
>
> I always disliked the XML flat files Freeswitch uses (used?), I'm not
> thrilled by the Asterisk key/value flat files. And I have a soft spot for a
> database based configuration like the Asterisk Realtime configuration. Yes,
> there are many PHP based web UIs for both to make the configuration chores
> "easier", but I hate them for reasons too numerous to enumerate here.
>
> Just my opinion. Worth what you paid for it.
>
> -Bruce
>
I don't think you need to enumerate... "PHP" covers it all for me.
If I wanted to create a language that was for people who had never taken a
programming course in their lives, and had an endless list of CVE's for the
enjoyment of hackers, I would have called it "PHP".
But... I'm a security programmer, so I dislike weakly typed languages.
-Philip
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