Inter-Asterisk eXchange Protocol Detection

info Nessus Plugin ID 20834

Synopsis

The remote system is running a server that speaks the Inter-Asterisk eXchange Protocol.

Description

The Inter-Asterisk eXchange protocol (IAX2) is used by the Asterisk PBX Server and other IP telephony clients/servers to enable voice communication between them.

Solution

If possible, filter incoming connections to the port so that it is used by trusted sources only.

See Also

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IAX

Plugin Details

Severity: Info

ID: 20834

File Name: iax2_detection.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: remote

Published: 2/1/2006

Updated: 11/22/2019

Asset Inventory: true

Supported Sensors: Nessus