CompletePBX 5.0.57 – Improved Security & Management

Oct 7, 2018 | CompletePBX Change Log, VoIP PBX Technical Updates

New Password Policy Enforcement

  • In order to increase the PBX security, a new password policy will now be enforced by default.  The policy may be changed by the system administrator (Admin -> Security -> Passwords -> Policy)

VoIP Security - Weak Password Policy in GUI

  • The new policy enforces strong passwords for GUI and VoIP users (devices) by not allowing the user to create a new device or user with a weak password or save changes in a device or user with weak passwords.

VoIP Security - Extension Password Policy in GUI

  • This includes the initial login screen (where the initial admin password is created).
  • Effects on existing systems upon upgrade
    • The new policy will be enforced upon update
    • All existing devices and GUI users will continue to function as usual regardless of their password strength
    • Any “save” attempt to a user or device with a weak password will fail, asking the admin to modify to a strong password
  • The validation also applies to the initial administrator password creation dialogue.

PBX Set Password Screen

  • Notes
    1. the policy may be overridden as described above
    2. a fast way to change all the device passwords to strong passwords is to use Export extensions, delete passwords, and use Import Extensions.  This will auto-generate strong passwords to all extensions.
    3. it is highly recommended to adhere to the strict password policy

 

Astribank I/O Ports Management

  • Astribank input and output ports used to be identified as FXS ports and “take up” extension numbers upon automatic telephony hardware detection.  This is now changed:
    • I/O ports now appear as (Input) and (Output) respectively, rather than (FXS)

I/O Ports Presentation in PBX GUI

  • Upon automatic hardware detection, extensions will not be automatically created for I/O ports, thus not breaking the sequence of the FXS extension numbering.  The below image shows I/O ports remain unassigned by default (no extension is automatically created for them), thus not interfering with the extension numbering order.

Unassigned I/O Ports in PBX GUI

 

  • Effects upon system update:
    • The system will continue to function normally with no change in the port and channel assignment
    • Upon applying Detect Hardware (Settings -> Telephony -> Interfaces) ports description will be updated as described above.   Assuming no hardware changes were made, there will be no change in channel numbers.
    • Upon running ddtect -r command from the command line all ports will be re-detected and channels and extensions will re-created based on the new naming scheme.  Channel and extension numbers may be changed during this process.

CDR Improvements

  • In case the External Caller ID is empty, the CDR will now show Internal Caller ID.

Bug Fixes

  • When dialing internally to a ring group or queue when one of its destination extensions has voicemail enabled, the call will go to voicemail.  Fixed

 

 

 

 

 

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