On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 2:20 PM, Rick Stevens <ri...@alldigital.com> wrote:
> On 07/08/2014 11:51 AM, JD issued this missive: > >> Well, I would like to see a fully open source and secure >> SIP app like skype. >> > > Wow, JD. A simple google search would have revealed a lot on that front. > > Some FOSS SIP servers: > Asterisk, FreeSWITCH, Mysipsqitch, OpenSER, sipX > > Some FOSS SIP clients: > Ekiga, Linphone, Twinkle, Empathy, Blink, Jitsi, Kphone, PhoneGaim > > AFAIK, none of the clients are compatible with the proprietary and > closed Skype system. There is a Pidgin plugin you can use with Skype's > IM mechanism should you want to use it (I do). Several of them can use > an encryption mechanism. Skype is no more secure than any Internet- > based app and, in fact, may be less so since it is proprietary and all > communications goes through Microsoft's servers (and God only knows what > they do with the info). > > I've used both Ekiga and Empathy quite a bit with an Asterisk SIP server > and they work quite well. I did use Twinkle, too, but that was long ago. > > How was the audio quality? What about calls with video? Most of my contacts are on skype, and I just do not see people switching to any of the servers you mention - ostensibly, because such servers and clients are not so well known., especially since most open source servers/clients are for the *nixes and *nuxes. Most people on windows would not switch to open systems like Linux - primarily because they are not so technically inclined, or do not wish to learn to navigate and maintain a different kind of system. People seem inclined towards what is familiar :) Re: encryption - yes I agree. I would like to see 4kbit or higher keys/passwords used.
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