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SIP-I and SIP with OpenSIPS 2.3

SIP-I considerations The SS7 interconnections are always painful. Both as cost and technical difficulty/complexity. So, as a more accessible alternative, the carriers started to offer SIP interconnection via SIP-I (SIP Infrastructure). SIP-I or SIP Infrastructure (define by ITU) is very similar to SIP-T or SIP for Telephones (defined by IEFT). SIP-I is very powerful when … Continue reading SIP-I and SIP with OpenSIPS 2.3

News, Releases, Technical

Introducing OpenSIPS 2.3

A new year has arrived, so it is the time for a new OpenSIPS major release - for OpenSIPS version 2.3 . For this version, the main focus on development is the "integration", the integration of OpenSIPS with various external entities. Why is integration so important to end up being the main tag of a major … Continue reading Introducing OpenSIPS 2.3

Events, News

OpenSIPS at FOSDEM 2017

Every year, FOSDEM is a good opportunity to connect with our community and acquaint them with the exciting work going into the newest OpenSIPS versions. And there will be no exception this year! What is this year on the plate? "OpenSIPS - an event-driven SIP routing engine", by Liviu Chircu, FOSDEM, 4th of Feb 2017 … Continue reading OpenSIPS at FOSDEM 2017

Technical, Tips

CANCEL request and Reason header

Call canceling may look like a trivial mechanism, but it plays an important role in complex scenarios like simultaneous ringing (parallel forking), call pickup, call redirect and many others. So, aside proper routing of CANCEL requests, reporting the right cancelling reason is equally important. How to properly handle CANCEL requests in OpenSIPS? According to RFC 3261, … Continue reading CANCEL request and Reason header

Technical, Tips

How to avoid plaintext passwords ?

Offering protection and privacy to your SIP subscriber is something you must not overlook. The user passwords for SIP authentication are shared secrets that must be secured on the SIP platforms, in order to protect your subscriber against any data leaking. Usually, when you start building a platform, the subscriber passwords are kept in plain-text format … Continue reading How to avoid plaintext passwords ?