[asterisk-users] Encrypting the Conversation

[Michael Graves]

Has anyone here tried to use zphone with SIP soft phones and Asterisk?

Michael

On Mon, 10 Jul 2006 07:35:34 -0400, Raymond McKay wrote:


>>> Hi,
>>> Is it possible to encrypt the conversation between two parties on SIP,IAX
>>> or
>>> ZAP channels?
>>
>> Sure, setup a VPN.
>>
>> You can get a Linksys VPN router for less than $100 and run whatever
>> protocol you like over your VPN.

>Agreed.  I have seen and heard of a lot of attempts to bring SRTP support 
>into Asterisk but the idea of SRTP just doesn't make sense to me.  Asterisk, 
>and VoIP servers in general, are meant to be communications services not 
>security services.  In my mind at least, it would seem to make sense to let 
>security hardware such as a router or firewall handle such tasks as 
>encryption and let the phone server handle what it does, signaling and 
>transcoding.  Otherwise, you end up with a device that is not ever going to 
>be optimized for security, handling your security.  On top of that, you also 
>are reducing the level of scalability you can achieve on the phone server by 
>adding yet another chore to its duty roster.

>Regards,


>Raymond McKay
>President
>RAYNET Technologies LLC
>http://www.raynettech.com
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