What is this PJSIP 6830e8e8-506c-4faa-9184-b14db7052433

[jcolp (Joshua Colp)]

Unknown PJSIP Channel

This made me remember an old implementation detail. When rejecting calls or other SIP messages, we challenge them for authentication (even if they match no endpoint) so that outside parties can’t enumerate valid usernames. This is done by having an internal “artificial” endpoint get created whose sole purpose is to do this. Its name is that of a UUID, and it wouldn’t show up in “pjsip show endpoints” because its existence is confined to the first level of handling of traffic. It’s possible that …

It’s harmless, but someone could file a new issue on Github[1] to hide it. Since it doesn’t really impact anything and is cosmetic, I don’t anticipate getting to it anytime soon unless someone takes an interest.

[1] GitHub · Where software is built