OPUS codec with transcoding on Asterisk 11.5.x (or higher, 11.6,11.7,11.8,11.9) with(out) FreePBX

Hi all, this is just a quick and dirty guide to get OPUS and VP8 running on Asterisk 11.9.0 on your Debian box. All credits for the Asterisk patch to meetecho and forked by netaskd for Asterisk 11.5.x or higher support. This guide is intended … “OPUS codec with transcoding on Asterisk 11.5.x (or higher, 11.6,11.7,11.8,11.9) with(out) FreePBX”

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The personal & secret telephone menu – with Asterisk/FreePBX

Have you ever wanted to do some crazy telephony stuff such as call a long distant number using your office PaBX, or call you back and bridge an open channel (so you can call anywhere) or do just about anything with your own Direct Inward … “The personal & secret telephone menu – with Asterisk/FreePBX”

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iSymphony – A super cool unified communications platform and user panel for Asterisk/FreePBX + Install guide for Debian/Asterisk/FreePBX

 [img src http://www.getisymphony.com/]   Some introduction About iSymphony For years, i’ve been asked by Asterisk users in many corporations to have a web management page for our much loved Asterisk IPPBX, there has been near complete products out there and some does one thing and … “iSymphony – A super cool unified communications platform and user panel for Asterisk/FreePBX + Install guide for Debian/Asterisk/FreePBX”

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IMPORTANT: Security Vulnerability Notice for FreePBX 2.9 or higher systems

Earlier today, an important security update and notice has been released to address a potentially dangerous vulnerability for remote code execution without proper authentication. Please take some time to update your systems or your clients’. Link to the article: http://www.freepbx.org/news/2014-02-06/security-vulnerability-notice Taken off the link for … “IMPORTANT: Security Vulnerability Notice for FreePBX 2.9 or higher systems”

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A new kind of old phones hacking way

Image source: www.itechfreak.com After analysing some logs we got, it was obvious that the calls that had been made were successful attempts in placing calls to expensive and exotic numbers, and the biggest one was Sierra Leone. one of the most common places these thieves … “A new kind of old phones hacking way”

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FreePBX/Asterisk – Per User Pin Set for the poor man

Firstly, FreePBX’s PRO module does this in such elegance http://www.schmoozecom.com/pinsetpro.php. Do support the FreePBX team and make the purchase and keep those devs motivated :-). Thank you for helping!   This article describes step by step to do a poor man’s PINSET per user/extension in … “FreePBX/Asterisk – Per User Pin Set for the poor man”

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Debian 6 Squeeze(32/64) – Asterisk 11, FreeSWITCH living under one root(f) to make SKYPE free again!

Images taken off various sources on the internet [UPDATE 15-10-2013] This guide was taken off various sources but it all started from the Nerd Vittles’s forum entry here and various other wonderful resources such as FS-Wiki. I do not claim any rights/credits to this. It’s … “Debian 6 Squeeze(32/64) – Asterisk 11, FreeSWITCH living under one root(f) to make SKYPE free again!”

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Upgrade to Asterisk 11 and fail2ban 0.8.8 to protect Asterisk like never before, here’s why and how.

image source: www.thegeekstuff.com   Asterisk 11 introduced the security log event channel which basically throws all security (success, failure, etc) which the past full log couldn’t show. Scripts attacks like sipvicious that does scanning on your system or even tries to bombard your system with … “Upgrade to Asterisk 11 and fail2ban 0.8.8 to protect Asterisk like never before, here’s why and how.”

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Asterisk/FreePBX – Post voicemail trigger (e.g. send sms after new voicemail)

Image source: www.dictronics.com Asterisk has a function to run a program after voicemail changes happen. The changes in voicemail could include Received new voicemail Read new voicemail Moved voicemail to different folders Cleared voicemails ..etc This is especially useful if you wish to integrate Asterisk … “Asterisk/FreePBX – Post voicemail trigger (e.g. send sms after new voicemail)”

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