The need for a proxy to Asterisk's manager interface has been clear; almost all GUIs and other interfaces to asterisk implement a proxy of some kind. Why? A proxy offers:
- A single persistent connection to asterisk
- A more secure (non-root) TCP interface
- Ability to offer filtered input/output
- Less connections and networking load for asterisk
It can serve as the basis for an extensible application framework for communication with multiple Asterisk servers.