A phone with no CTL file trusts the first ITL file it receives automatically; a phone that has a CTL file uses the CTL to authenticate the ITL signature.

Checked 2026-09-24

If the Cisco IP Phone does not have an existing CTL file, it trusts the first ITL file automatically.
Vendor
Cisco
Product
Cisco Unified Communications Manager
Subsystem
ITL
Deployment
on-premises
Region
not restricted
Release range
Release 15 and SUs
Checked
2026-09-24

Sources

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, September 24). Cisco IP phone registration and TFTP and ITL and CTL: source note cisco-phone-registration-itl-first-trust. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/cisco-phone-registration-itl-first-trust

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-cisco-phone-registration-itl-first-trust,
  title  = {Cisco IP phone registration and TFTP and ITL and CTL: source note cisco-phone-registration-itl-first-trust},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/cisco-phone-registration-itl-first-trust},
  note   = {Source note cisco-phone-registration-itl-first-trust, checked 2026-09-24}
}

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