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Asterisk Hacking
Asterisk has taken the power of the open-source software movement and brought it to the land of telephony. Mych like how open source has proven that users don't need to rely on commercial companies for software, Asterisk has proven that users don't need to rely on commercial telephone companies for telephone systems. Open-source software allows you
to be free of vendor lock-in, save money on support, use open standards, and change the software to suit your unique problems if the need arises. Thanks to Asterisk and VoIP it is possible to run a telephone company out of a basement, handling telephone calls for people within a neighborhood, a city, or a country. Doing this only a few years ago would have required buying a large building, setting up large racks of equipment, and taking out a second mortgage. But today, everyone is jumping on the Asterisk bandwagon: hobbyists, telephone companies, universities, ans small businessess to name a few. But what exactly is Asterisk? And what can it do? Let's find out.
What is Asterisk and why do you need it?
Installing Asterisk
Add-ons and Modules
Scripting
Asterisk Hardware Ninjutsu
Protocols, say what?
Asterisk Underground
Lock it down!
Reach out and touch someone: The future of Asterisk Hacking
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