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Updated two Obihai/VoIP-related posts today

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(If I could find an ideal image to put here, it would be the WordPress logo with voodoo pins in it. Read on to find out why…)

I just thought some of you might like to know that I updated two Obihai and VoIP-related posts on my blog today.

In my post, Review of the Obihai OBi110 VoIP device, Part 2: The OBiTALK portal, documentation, and using the device as an FXO port with Asterisk, I added information on how I configure a Service Provider account to work with Asterisk when using the OBiTALK portal. Basic stuff that most Obihai users could probably easily figure out on their own, but some folks might appreciate it.

Also, I updated my post “Link: Interesting security technique for Asterisk and FreePBX users (may work with other SIP-based PBX’s also) to show how to use a unique string found in every Obihai device’s SIP registration packets as the “knock” string to allow it to access your server, for those of you using The SunshineNetworks Knock or something similar as a security enhancement. Some other VoIP devices also send similar unique strings, though Linksys/Sipura devices apparently do not (if they do, I haven’t found them).

While editing that last post I discovered just how much WordPress hates any edits that include angle brackets (even if properly changed to their HTML entities) – it even trashes other parts of the article not even close to where you made your edits. WordPress is a great blogging platform 99% of the time, but then there are those occasions that have me screaming “WordPress, you’re a $^&%^&* piece of $^$&” at the top of my lungs (and damn near popping a blood vessel). That particular article is one that apparently breaks their editor good and proper if you try to edit it.

Hope these are useful to someone. If I drop dead in the next 24 hours I blame it entirely on WordPress!



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