On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 4:27 PM, Brian May <brian@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