[Freeswitch-users] internal/external profiles

[Michael Collins]

On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 4:27 PM, Brian May
<brian at microcomaustralia.com.au>wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Why is it recommended to use separate profiles for internal and external
> SIP?
>
> This page:
> <http://wiki.freeswitch.org/wiki/External_profile>
> suggests it is because of NAT.
>
> However this page recommends using separate profiles even if NAT is
> not an issue:
> <http://wiki.freeswitch.org/wiki/Auto_NAT>: "NOTE: It is still
> recommended that you use a second profile for your SIP providers. The
> default conf/sip_profiles/external.xml is set up specifically for use
> with providers."
>
> However I am still left uncertain what this means.
>
> Not trying to criticize here, just trying to learn.
>

No problem. Separating them has a few advantages: security, scalability, and
readability. The first one on the list is definitely the most important. If
you stuff everything in the internal profile it's easier to open yourself up
to toll fraud.
-MC
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