Saturday, November 24, 2007

Disclaimers for "Asterisk Conference Manager"

Before anyone uses the code for ACM, let me spit out a few disclaimers:
  • The code is GPL'd by the original author. The usual terms apply.
  • The original author's disclaimers, and those for the Asterisk Manager Interface (AMI), where the security of this program primarily relies on your ability to limit access to it, still exist.
  • The program is written in PHP and AJAX (or what passes for it). I suck at PHP and AJAX. Keep in mind that the program is little more than a page scraper for the AMI. What this means is that the code is likely to be very version-dependant. (I'm running Asterisk 1.4.x.) It works but you can't hold any of the coders responsible for maintaining it. Any changes/updates to the underlying platform will likely break ACM's functions.
  • Running this service keeps an open connection on your web server. Firefox and/or IE are likely to be poor choices for browser interfaces for this program. Both are memory hogs and eat up a chunk of memory. I run a lot of crap on the same machine as this one. Heavy use of the underlying web server, with Firefox, does generate audio artifacts. Your mileage will vary.

In any case, please let me know if you find it useful or want to suggest changes.

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