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Practicing Safe SIP: Adding SIP URI Connectivity with a Zero Internet Footprint

Practicing Safe SIP: Adding SIP URI Connectivity with a Zero Internet Footprint

Thursday, October 11, 2012

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PBX in a Flash™ has a long (safe) history in the VoIP community, and the major reason is that we constantly preach never directly exposing any ports on your Asterisk® server to the Internet without implementing a WhiteList of safe IP addresses. This Zero Internet Footprint™ design keeps everybody out except a trusted, defined group on your WhiteList. For everyone else, they never see your server. So how do you receive calls? You do it with phone numbers (DIDs) tied… Read More ›

Sleep Like a Baby: 20 Failsafe Tips to Enhance Asterisk PBX Security

Sleep Like a Baby: 20 Failsafe Tips to Enhance Asterisk PBX Security

Monday, October 1, 2012

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We often tell the tale of the early Asterisk@Home days when almost every server was configured with no firewall, unlimited web access, and a 201 extension with a password of either 201 or 1234. What could possibly go wrong? Remember this Monday morning newspaper headline? "Small business gets $120,000 phone bill after hackers attack VoIP phone." News.com.au ran this story back in 2009: "Criminals hacked into an Internet phone system and used it to make 11,000 international calls in just… Read More ›

R.I.P. Googlicious: Weather, Weather, Everywhere... Except From Google

R.I.P. Googlicious: Weather, Weather, Everywhere… Except From Google

Saturday, September 1, 2012

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For at least the last four years, Google has maintained a not-so-secret Weather API that let hobbyists and people like us build weather applications for the rest of the world to use. Google never provided a word of documentation nor even a comment about the Weather API other than obscure mentions by a few Google employees. Google, of course, is not stupid. They know everything there is to know about analytics, and it was no secret that the Weather API… Read More ›

SMS Dictator 2.0: Send SMS Messages Using Your Phonebook with Google Voice

SMS Dictator 2.0: Send SMS Messages Using Your Phonebook with Google Voice

Monday, August 13, 2012

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Here’s an update of a terrific Google™ speech-to-text application for your Asterisk® goody bag. SMS Dictator 2.0 lets you pick up any phone on your Asterisk system, dictate a brief message, have it transcribed by Google, and then delivered as an SMS text message by entering either a 10-digit number of your choosing or by saying any name in your AsteriDex phonebook. The installation process on PBX in a Flash™ systems takes only a minute. And you’ll find Asterisk SMS… Read More ›

Asterisk TTS: Today in History 2.0 & Yesteryear's Time of Day

Asterisk TTS: Today in History 2.0 & Yesteryear’s Time of Day

Monday, August 6, 2012

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If you’re a history buff and want a convenient way to find out everything that ever happened Today in History, then this week’s upgraded text to speech (TTS) application for Asterisk® should be just what you need. Pick up any phone connected to your Asterisk system and dial T-O-D-A-Y (86329 for the spelling-impaired). The script will retrieve today’s historical events of interest from HistoryOrb.com and play the results back to you over the phone using Google TTS. To speed up… Read More ›

YATE in a Flash: Rolling Your Own SIP to Google Voice Gateway for Asterisk

YATE in a Flash: Rolling Your Own SIP to Google Voice Gateway for Asterisk

Monday, June 25, 2012

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A few weeks ago we introduced you to Bill Simon’s SIP to Google Voice Gateway featuring YATE. This let you set up a SIP connection to your Google Voice accounts in about 5 minutes by filling out a simple web form. Today, we take it to the next plateau for those who prefer to do it yourself. With a little assistance from Bill (about 99% of the brainpower behind what you’re about to read), we’re pleased to now offer you… Read More ›

VPN in a Flash Reborn: Meet the Dedicated Server Edition in PIAF 2.0.6.2.4

VPN in a Flash Reborn: Meet the Dedicated Server Edition in PIAF 2.0.6.2.4

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

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We’re dusting off our favorite old trademark to introduce the all-new VPN in a Flash™ featuring NeoRouter™ 1.7 Free Server Edition. Last month we showed how to install NeoRouter as an add-on for existing PBX in a Flash™ servers. In sites with 10 or fewer machines to interconnect, this works extremely well. However, for those with major collections of servers and PCs scattered across the universe (up to 256!), you’re going to want dedicated hardware to manage your virtual private… Read More ›

5-Minute VoIP: Deploying a SIP to Google Voice Gateway

5-Minute VoIP: Deploying a SIP to Google Voice Gateway

Monday, June 11, 2012

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Today we’ll walk you through the 5-minute setup process to configure a SIP gateway for any Google Voice number. Once in place, you can make and receive Google Voice calls using not only your 10-digit Google Voice number but also through any SIP device in the world.

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