> It's interesting you mention "PBX, Firewall, Router rolled into 1"
> as I've been approached recently by some people who have various
> thoughts about should or shouldn't asterisk be the first appliance
> in line to the internet?
Asterisk and its environment should be secure enough to mean that it
can sit on a world-facing device of any kind. This is an important
aim. If we achieve it, it reduces the list of things you are worried
about.
> Should or shouldn't asterisk manage firewall/qos/dhcp/routing etc?
> or when selling it into an existing site is it better to allow
> existing devices to manage this functionality?
Asterisk wouldn't be managing firewall/qos/dhcp, but some different
software on the same equipment that asterisk shares might be. The
question is about what's more important - saving your IT budget but
putting all of your eggs into one basket, or designing for scale and
spreading the risk that a hardware failure will eat fewer of your IT
services.
The answer is different for every organisation, and there is no right
answer.
Best wishes,
Andy Davidson
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