On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 2:20 PM, Rick Stevens <ricks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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?
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
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
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 :)
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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