Configure Asterisk TLS

Description

MOR supports TLS connection in order to encrypt signaling (SIP) traffic.
To use this functionality you need to generate certificates and setup both server and end-client.
This can be used as SIP TLS listener as it support SIP TLS with 5061 (Encrypted SIP).
This guide will explain how to configure TLS.

Setup

In order to use TLS, certificates have to be setup on server side (MOR server) and client side (softphone, pbx, etc).

Setup On Server

Certificates can be generated either for domain name or IP address. In this guide we will generate certificates for IP addresses and will assume (as example) that server IP address is 192.168.0.149, while client IP address is 192.168.0.130. To setup certificates, we will use ast_tls_cert helper script which is available in /usr/src/asterisk/contrib/scripts directory.

cd /usr/src/asterisk/contrib/scripts/
./ast_tls_cert -d /etc/asterisk/keys -C 192.168.0.149 -o morserver

ast_tls_cert script will ask to enter password (use randomly generated strong password and repeat each time it will ask for it) and will generate certificates in /etc/asterisk/keys directory.

Once certificates are generated, it is time to update /etc/asterisk/sip.conf configuration. We need to add the following lines in sip.conf (remember to replace 192.168.0.149 with your actual MOR server IP).

tlsenable=yes
tlsbindaddr=192.168.0.149
tlscertfile=/etc/asterisk/keys/morserver.pem
tlscafile=/etc/asterisk/keys/ca.crt
tlscipher=ALL
tlsclientmethod=tlsv1

Once new configuration is saved, restart asterisk:

service asterisk restart

Finally, in MOR GUI Device settings, set checkbox to TLS in Advanced section Transport line:

Now we completed configuration for server side, and can generate keys for device:

cd /usr/src/asterisk/contrib/scripts/
./ast_tls_cert -m client -c /etc/asterisk/keys/ca.crt -k /etc/asterisk/keys/ca.key -C 192.168.0.130 -d /etc/asterisk/keys -o clientcert

Enter same passphrase you entered in previous command. Also, do not forget to replace 192.168.0.130 with client actual IP or domain name.

Setup On Client

In this guide we will show how to configure certificates for Zoiper softphone. Every softphone or PBX configuration is different, so you will need to consult documentation if you do not use Zoiper.

• Copy the following files from MOR server to client PC where softphone is running:

/etc/asterisk/keys/clientcert.pem
/etc/asterisk/keys/ca.crt

• Rename ca.crt to .pem extension, so that files would be named ca.pem and clientcert.pem
• Open Zoiper softphone, go to Settings->Preferences, go to global Advanced menu, then Security tab and load ca.pem domain certificate and set other options as shown in screenshot below:

• Close previous configuration, go to Account settings, open Advanced section and load clientcert.pem certificate and set other options as shown in screenshot below:

• Make a test call and make a tcpdump between client IP and MOR server. You should see SIP traffic encrypted in TLS.

See Also

This guide is based on and more information can be found here:

https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Secure+Calling+Tutorial

https://ritcsec.wordpress.com/2017/05/19/voip-security-with-asterisk/