Digium, Ranch Networks Optimize Asterisk Firewall, Bandwidth Allocation

Open source pioneer Digium has incorporated firewall security and bandwidth allocation to its latest release, version Asterisk 1.2.2, through a year-long collaborative effort with data network security specialist, Ranch Networks, which is also unveiling a series of hardware appliances optimized for the open source PBX.

The security/performance enhancement is designed to help resolve a central issue with voice-over-IP: trafficking the firewall. "We came up with a product that can dynamically open and close holes in the firewall that is entirely asterisk-controlled," said Ram Ayyakad, co-founder and CEO of Ranch Networks.

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