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      Emab
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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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        sullrich
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        No and its not a good idea.

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          hoba
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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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            ZGamer
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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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              jawa78
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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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                sullrich
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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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                  Emab
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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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                    hoba
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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.

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