The Asterisk PBX platform has been around for nine years and has drawn interest from a wide range of end users as well as businesses looking to expand on the basic software or add peripherals to make ...

Editor's note: This article is based in large part on information provided by Mark Spencer and Digium. I recently had a reason to approve a purchase of a new phone system for a small company. Twenty ...

To understand the challenges in building an embedded IP-PBX we first needto take a look at a typical PC-based x86 Asterisk PBX. Figure 1: Block diagram of a typical PC based Asterisk PBX. In this case ...

Open-source PBX software that runs under Linux and other Unix variants on a variety of hardware, including x86, PowerPC, POWER and Xscale. Supporting traditional telephony (TDM) as well as voice over ...

So, you need to deploy a Private Branch eXchange (PBX) system for your small office. Or, maybe you want a voice-mail system running on your Linux box at home. What about an interactive voice response ...

Payphones used to be found on just about every street corner. They were a convenience, now replaced by the ubiquitous mobile phone. These machines were the stomping grounds for many early computer ...

Some open-source projects have a certain perverse economic madness about them. For example, as I wrote about last month, you can use $600–$700 US worth of hardware and MythTV to re-create the TiVo box ...

When I looked at the open source Digium Asterisk PBX last year, one of things I noted is that implementation can be difficult, and that it would probably be necessary to call in an expert to set up an ...

Here’s your network’s dirty little secret: Your private branch exchange (PBX) is old and outdated, and if you want to bring it into the modern era with IP telephony and voice over IP (VoIP), you’re ...

A vulnerability in the Asterisk PBX server that enables an attacker to gain complete control of a PBX system has been discovered by an Australian and New Zealand security outfit ...

The Asterisk PBX platform has been around for nine years and has drawn interest from a wide range of end users and businesses looking to expand on the basic software or add peripherals to make it more ...