Tag: SBC
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Fixing SIP header addresses – Introduction
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The main theme I explore in these articles is when and how a SIP Proxy should alter (or “fix”) embedded sender address information – IP and port – in a SIP request that it has received. The headers that are most relevant here are Via, Contact and Record-Route
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OpenSIPS vs Asterisk
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OpenSIPS and Asterisk are both open source projects and both are used for Voice over IP. However, they perform quite different roles, have different capabilities and different strengths and weaknesses. This article reviews how they are so different and considers what role each product can play in the infrastructure of an Internet Telephony Service Provider solution. Fundamental differences A succinct, but slightly technical, distinction between OpenSIPS and Asterisk is that OpenSIPS is essentially a SIP Proxy Server…
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What is OpenSIPS?
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There are a number of open source applications available that are used to build IP Telephony solutions. OpenSIPS may not be as well-known as Asterisk, but it is widely used by service providers as a core part of their infrastructure because of its robustness, speed and capacity. In this article I will review the history of OpenSIPS, explain what it is, what features it offers and its core operational roles. This will include a summary of…
