[Asterisk-Dev] OMG THE SKY IS FALLING!! NOT!!!

[brian]

In that case we need to get libsrtp into asterisk ASAP and the problem is
solved! :P

bkw

> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-dev-admin at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-dev-
> admin at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Steve Underwood
> Sent: Friday, May 14, 2004 11:45 AM
> To: asterisk-dev at lists.digium.com
> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Dev] OMG THE SKY IS FALLING!! NOT!!!
>
> brian wrote:
>
> >>Sadly, the article reads as more bogus than it really is. SIP really is
> >>weak. RTP stream are almost universally unencrypted right now. Listening
> >>in to a VoIP within your company is generally much easier than snooping
> >>on a traditional call. I wonder how long it will take before encryption,
> >>solid authentication, and other good stuff becomes widely deployed for
> >>VoIP?
> >>
> >>
> >
> >You also have to agree that the copper wire from my house to the CO is
> also
> >unencrypted.  But for someone to listen in on voip they have to be in the
> >middle and on a switched network its hard to do and on a WAN its hard to
> do.
> >(notice I didn't say impossible because nothing is impossible)  And on
> that
> >note we should all stop using email because it's evil and unencrypted.
> >People might find out that I'm receiving v1agr@ and p3n1s enlargement
> emails
> >er I mean spam.  Oh and I can refinance my mortgage at a new lower rate
> just
> >so I can have room for the HUGE p3n1s I'm going to have... after I rush
> >order my l33t enlargement pills.
> >
> >
> Sure, the copper pair is fairly exposed and unencrypted. However, the
> average person isn't like to do a physical tapes. Running a snooper on a
> LAN is another matter. Switches don't usually help. Run one of the
> little MAC flooder programs and most switches stop acting as switches.
> Then you can snoop.
>
> I just feel that if people can run a little program and snoop they are
> far more likely to do it than if they have to make even the simplest
> physical changes. Also, aren't things supposed to get better with newer
> technologies? Why aren't people encrypting? It all seems like we are
> taking a step back instead of forwards.
>
> By the way. If you are re-mortgaging, have you considered debt
> consolidation with a Christian perspective? :-)
>
> Regards,
> Steve
>
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