[Asterisk-Users] Asterisk <-> Skype anywhere/anyhow?

[Kerry Garrison]

Everyone should simply uninstall Skype and switch to the Gizmo project
because it interfaces quite nicely with Asterisk.

Kerry Garrison
Publisher - http://GeekGazette.com - http://VOIPSpeak.net
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-----Original Message-----
From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Brian Capouch
Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 12:06 PM
To: 'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion'
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk <-> Skype anywhere/anyhow?

Mark Hulber wrote:
> The paper is definitely interesting and I commend them for their 
> effort but it doesn't represent a complete understanding of the Skype 
> protocol to the extent that an Asterisk server could speak the Skype
protocol.
> They say that much of the Skype protocol is encrypted and needs to be 
> inferred to this point from the types and locations of messages that 
> are being sent.
> 

So despite Skype's popularity they basically have their whole product locked
down.  It is greatly complex, and it also has a number of "stealth" elements
that do nasty things with accepted norms of network etiquette.

The bottom line is: Skype *is* evil, and the Asterisk folks, for the most
part, have on the white hats of Open Source.

IMO we should steer 1000 miles clear of it.  Yah, yah, "everyone uses
Skype."  Well everyone uses Micro$oft, too.  That doesn't mean Asterisk
should get into bed with them.

B.
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