[Freeswitch-users] FreeSWITCH version 1.4.x end of life - recommendation please

Thu Nov 19 14:41:25 MSK 2015

Hi*

But when it's cross-checked against inventory or network drawings he's
going to be busted (and put in much worse position).

Personally I find CentOS 7 waaaaaay too edgy for corporate requirements -
we (as in my company) are running servers on specific OS version (inc. 6.5,
but not 7), custom subset of software, sometimes with custom patches,
customised (a whole lot) kernel, so I just can't afford throwing it all out
the window just for the sake of using most recent packaged version (and
when we're at packages: Debian's packaging is horrendous, how can't such
simply systemd service file problem unresolved for months?).

So I'm very on the Andrew's (the first) side.

* hello everyone, I'm kind of fresh FreeSWITCH user and I'll try my best to
contribute to the community (because I've already got so much). Thank you
all.

On 19 November 2015 at 10:29, Andrew Cassidy <
andrew at cassidywebservices.co.uk> wrote:

> You can pass PCI-DSS with proper firewall rules. For example, if you FS
> server only needs to accept calls from certain IP addresses, firewalling it
> out will pass the automated tests easily.
>
> I know it's not ideal, but I've managed to make unpatched Windows 2003
> servers pass the automated tests just by hiding them behind a proxy.
>
> I'm not condoning this practise, just timelines on that particular project
> required that they pass until we could upgrade them to Windows 2012. It
> bought us the time we needed
>
> On 19 November 2015 at 08:21, Andrew Keil <andrew.keil at visytel.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for your feedback.
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* freeswitch-users-bounces at lists.freeswitch.org [mailto:
>> freeswitch-users-bounces at lists.freeswitch.org] *On Behalf Of *Michael
>> Jerris
>> *Sent:* Thursday, 19 November 2015 11:12 AM
>> *To:* FreeSWITCH Users Help <freeswitch-users at lists.freeswitch.org>
>> *Subject:* Re: [Freeswitch-users] FreeSWITCH version 1.4.x end of life -
>> recommendation please
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Nov 18, 2015, at 6:49 PM, Andrew Keil <andrew.keil at visytel.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> To FreeSWITCH users,
>>
>>
>>
>> In order for my client to plan for FreeSWITCH version 1.4.x end of life,
>> I have a few questions that I hope the FreeSWITCH team can help answer:
>>
>>
>>
>> 1)      Since the FreeSWITCH version 1.4.x branch is going end of life
>> in early 2016, then obviously I need my client to migrate to the FreeSWITCH
>> version 1.6.x branch ASAP.  Is there a definite date when the FreeSWITCH
>> version 1.4.x branch is going end of life?
>>
>>
>>
>> We don't have a specific date set, we will provide as many critical and
>> security fixes as we can for it for a while.  That being said, we are
>> already at the point where significant portions of fixes are not possible
>> to back-port due to significant changes in the code between 1.4 and 1.6.
>> This continues to get worse over time.
>>
>>
>>
>> 2)      Regarding the FreeSWITCH version 1.6.x branch:
>>
>> a.       Can this run on CentOS 6.x (ie. the latest release of CentOS 6)?
>>
>>
>>
>> We have made minimal effort to try to package dependencies for it, and it
>> was abandoned as it was determined to be too much work.  Its probably
>> possible, but expect to:
>>
>>
>>
>> 1. Not have any support for video features.
>>
>> 2. Spend significant time working on packaging your own dependencies and
>> testing.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>                                                                i.      I
>> understand that CentOS 7 is recommended, however upgrading the OS is a much
>> bigger task than simply upgrading FreeSWITCH.  Especially since my client
>> is also PCI compliant to enable credit card processing, which requires
>> rigorous Operating System lockdown.  Currently my client will not be using
>> the video features inside FreeSWITCH (ie. initially only using the feature
>> set inside the FreeSWITCH version 1.4.x branch).
>>
>>                                                              ii.      Is
>> there anything I should be aware of when trying to get FreeSWITCH version
>> 1.6.x branch working on CentOS 6?
>>
>>
>>
>> We have done zero testing on it.  You will have to do all the dependency
>> packaging back-porting for the deps you need and do testing and let us know.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> I appreciate any feedback that you are able to provide to make this
>> process as painless as possible.
>>
>>
>>
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