Asterisk
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Is there an Asterisk working package?
What do you think about security, about running asterisk on pfsense?
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No and its not a good idea.
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No package yet.
Security depends on what you think is secure or what your requirements for security you have.
In general any additional service running at a firewall adds additional vulnerability.
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depends how much compiling you want to do, in theory would work but would need to be careful about what holes you open up on the wan interface.
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Asterisk on a PFSense box is just plan insane.
I run G726 and via 10 channels and thee would be no way I would attempt to put that on even put on a pfsense box. The hardware demands get grater is you are going to deal with PSTN to ip-pbx via zaptel cards that realy on the processor to o all the hard work. Asterisk is cpu intensive and PFSense can be cpu intensive depending on what your using it for. Also it adds a whole nother layer of things to go wrong when I am setting up a network with pfsense.
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Not to mention that if * is on the firewall itself, you cannot use traffic shaping….
Asterisk must be behind or in front of the firewall to shape.
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OK OK…. Asterisk on a pfSense machine is NOT a good idea.... :)
I'll use a separate machine... And I grow the energy consumption and the bill.... :-\
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Get a soekris/wrap and throw one of these ready made asterisk images to it. This will only use around 3 watts.