Book description
Master the art of advanced VoIP and WebRTC communication with the most dynamic application server, FreeSWITCH
About This Book
- Forget the hassle - make FreeSWITCH work for you
- Discover how FreeSWITCH integrates with a range of tools and APIs
- From high availability to IVR development use this book to become more confident with this useful communication software
Who This Book Is For
SysAdmins, VoIP engineers ? whoever you are, whatever you're trying to do, this book will help you get more from FreeSWITCH.
What You Will Learn
- Get to grips with the core concepts of FreeSWITCH
- Learn FreeSWITCH high availability
- Work with SIP profiles, gateways, ITSPs, and Codecs optimization
- Implement effective security on your projects
- Master audio manipulation and recording
- Discover how FreeSWITCH works alongside WebRTC
- Build your own complex IVR and PBX applications
- Connect directly to PSTN/TDM
- Create your own FreeSWITCH module
- Trace SIP packets with the help of best open source tools
- Implement Homer Sipcapture to troubleshoot and debug all your platform traffic
In Detail
FreeSWITCH is one of the best tools around if you're looking for a modern method of managing communication protocols through a range of different media. From real-time browser communication with the WebRTC API to implementing VoIP (voice over internet protocol), with FreeSWITCH you're in full control of your projects. This book shows you how to unlock its full potential ? more than just a tutorial, it's packed with plenty of tips and tricks to make it work for you.
Written by members of the team who actually helped build FreeSWITCH, it will guide you through some of the newest features of version 1.6 including video transcoding and conferencing. Find out how FreeSWITCH interacts with other tools and APIs, learn how to tackle common (and not so common) challenges ranging from high availability to IVR development and programming advanced PBXs.
Great communication functionality begins with FreeSWITCH ? find out how and get your project up and running today.
Style and approach
Find out how it works, then put your knowledge into practice - that's how this advanced FreeSWITCH guide has been designed to help you learn. You'll soon master FreeSWITCH and be confident using it in your projects.
Table of contents
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Mastering FreeSWITCH
- Table of Contents
- Mastering FreeSWITCH
- Credits
- About the Authors
- About the Reviewers
- Contributors
- www.PacktPub.com
- Preface
- 1. Typical Voice Uses for FreeSWITCH
- 2. Deploying FreeSWITCH
- 3. ITSP and Voice Codecs Optimization
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4. VoIP Security
- Latest versions of it all
- Default configuration is a demo
- Change passwords
- Lock all that's not trusted
- Dropping root privileges (file permissions)
- Fail2ban on all services
- Encrypting SIP with TLS (SIPS)
- Encrypting (S)RTP via SDES (key exchange in SDP)
- Encrypting (S)RTP via ZRTP (key exchange in RTP)
- New frontiers of VoIP encryption (WebRTC, WebSockets, DTLS)
- Summary
- 5. Audio File and Streaming Formats, Music on Hold, Recording Calls
- 6. PSTN and TDM
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7. WebRTC and Mod_Verto
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WebRTC
- Browsers are already out there, waitin'
- Web Real-Time Communication is coming
- Under the hood
- Encryption – security
- Beyond peer to peer – WebRTC to communication networks and services
- WebRTC gateways and application servers
- Which architecture? Legacy on the Web, or Web on the Telco?
- FreeSWITCH accommodates them ALL
- Summary
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WebRTC
- 8. Audio and Video Conferencing
- 9. Faxing and T38
- 10. Advanced IVR with Lua
- 11. Write Your FreeSWITCH Module in C
- 12. Tracing and Debugging VoIP
- 13. Homer, Monitoring and Troubleshooting Your Communication Platform
- Index
Product information
- Title: Mastering FreeSWITCH
- Author(s):
- Release date: July 2016
- Publisher(s): Packt Publishing
- ISBN: 9781784398880
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