On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 2:20 PM, Rick Stevens ricks@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.