[Freeswitch-users] Retrieving voicemail without entering user ID (extension)

[Adam Ford]

I think many of you are missing the fact that he said he still wanted to
have to enter the mailbox password. He just didn't want people to have to
enter the mailbox ID AND the mailbox password.  Still plenty secure as long
as you don't have a default voicemail password for all extensions.

-Adam

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:freeswitch-users-bounces at lists.freeswitch.org] On Behalf Of Brian
May
Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 2:07 AM
To: freeswitch-users at lists.freeswitch.org
Subject: Re: [Freeswitch-users] Retrieving voicemail without entering user
ID (extension)

On 25 February 2010 14:08, Lars Zeb <larclap at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I used the extension below, but I think that Brian said it was too
insecure.
> Being a total beginner, I removed the condition.

Too insecure for what? I think it really depends on the installation,
what the phone are for, where the phones are positioned, who has
access, etc.

I could imagine scenarios where being able to "walk up to anyone's
phone and retrieve their VM w/out authentication" might be considered
a feature. e.g. home office. At my home, under my asterisk setup, it
always seems to be up to me to delete the messages, because others
consider it too complicated to log in. Generally people are use to
being able to walk up to an answering machine, push a button, and
retrieve messages without any authentication.

Then again, making this the default configuration would be a bad idea.
People need to understand the consequences first.

Oh, just a minor nitpick, or possibly an opportunity for me to learn
<grin>. I see near the top that there is an export immediately after
the set. Is the set really needed? I thought the export would override
this? Why is export needed?
-- 
Brian May <brian at microcomaustralia.com.au>

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