Asterisk

Asterisk is the world's leading open source PBX telephony engine, and telephony applications toolkit.Offering flexibility unheard of in the world of proprietary communications, Asterisk empowers developers and integrators to create advanced communication solutions.

Asterisk 10.5.1 Now Available (Security Release)

The Asterisk Development Team has announced a security release for Asterisk 10.
This security release is released as version 10.5.1.

The release is available for immediate download at http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/asterisk/releases

The release of Asterisk 10.5.1 resolves the following issue:

* A remotely exploitable crash vulnerability was found in the Skinny (SCCP)
Channel driver. When an SCCP client sends an Off Hook message, followed by
a Key Pad Button Message, a structure that was previously set to NULL is
dereferenced. This allows remote authenticated connections the ability to
cause a crash in the server, denying services to legitimate users.

Visual Dialplan 3.2 released, with support for credit card processing.

Asterisk dialplan 1 - pic 2 Visual Dialplan Professional 3.2 comes with expanding Asterisk capability to process credit cards using authorize.net servise, Apstel LLC, a global provider of world-class visual modeling products and technologies for Asterisk open source PBX, today announce the general availability of the Visual Dialplan Professional 3.2.

Visual Dialplan for Asterisk is next generation development platform for Asterisk dialplan development.
It features drag-and-drop visual modeling environment, large component library, powerful validation engine, support for Free PBX, trixbox, PIAF, Elastix and all major database end email servers including MS SQL, MySQL, Postgres, Sybase, Gmail, Exim etc.

Asterisk 1.8.6.0-rc3 Now Available.

The Asterisk Development Team has announced the third release candidate of Asterisk 1.8.6.0. This release candidate is available for immediate download at http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/asterisk/

The release of Asterisk 1.8.6.0-rc3 resolves an issue reported by the community and would have not been possible without your participation.
Thank you!

The following is a sample of the issues resolved in this release candidate:

* --- Use of DESTDIR causes install to fail ---
(Closes issue ASTERISK-18290.
Reported by Paul Belanger and others, patched by Jason Parker)

For a full list of changes in this release candidate, please see the ChangeLog:

DAHDI-Linux 2.5.0.1 and DAHDI-Tools 2.5.0.1 Released.

The Asterisk Development Team is pleased to announce the release of DAHDI-Linux 2.5.0.1 and DAHDI-Tools 2.5.0.1.

2.5.0.1 is a bug fix release. It is recommended that current users of v2.5.0 upgrade.

DAHDI-Linux 2.5.0.1, DAHDI-Tools 2.5.0.1, and DAHDI-Linux-Complete
2.5.0.1+2.5.0.1 are available for immediate download at:

http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/dahdi-linux
http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/dahdi-tools
http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/dahdi-linux-complete

Issues closed by this release:
DAHLIN-245: dahdi_dynamic slip issue with 2 or more TDMoE devices
DAHLIN-248: Outgoing Natively Bridged Call Completely Locks the Box

Sangoma Acquires All Key Assets of VegaStream.

MARKHAM, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Aug. 22, 2011) - Sangoma Technologies Corporation (TSX VENTURE:STC), a leading provider of hardware and software components that enable or enhance IP Communications Systems for both voice and data, announced it has acquired the key assets of the VegaStream Group of Companies, a leading UK-based developer of VOIP gateway appliances.

The business operations of VegaStream will be quickly integrated into Sangoma's, with VegaStream staff being welcomed as part of the respective Sangoma teams, the majority being in R&D and Sales and Marketing. The VegaStream products will become part of the Sangoma portfolio with customers rapidly benefiting from Sangoma's reputation for efficient supply chain management and quick turnaround of customer orders.