[asterisk-users] IAX Encryption

Al lists asteriskal at gmail.com
Sat Aug 4 19:01:36 CDT 2007


Iax channel can be encrypted.
Not just the authentication, even rtp data, see:
http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/IAX+encryption

On 8/4/07, Michael Munger <michael at highpoweredhelp.com> wrote:
>
> IAX is not encrypted. What you're seeing in wireshark is likely the
> authentication method you've chosen. (RSA or MD5)
>
> You can encrypt it with a VPN as long as you have a pipe fat enough to
> deal with the overhead a VPN puts on packets.
>
> Yours,
>
> Michael Munger, dCAP
> 404-438-2128
> michael at highpoweredhelp.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Tim Panton
> Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 1:58 PM
> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] IAX Encryption
>
>
> On 23 Jul 2007, at 15:53, Matthew Brothers wrote:
>
> > I am playing around with IAX encryption and have had good success.
> > I read somewhere, that trunked packets are not encrypted.  Does
> > anybody know if this means the trunk packets themselves are not
> > encrypted but the voice frames in them are encrypted or does this
> > mean that if you are using trunking then encryption of the voice
> > frames will not occur.  I have used Wireshark to sniff the packets
> > and it looks like the encryption is being setup normally when
> > trunking is enabled.  I just can't tell if the voice frame within
> > the trunked packet is encrypted.  Any assistance would be appreciated.
>
> I thought that Encryption and Trunking are mutually exclusive in IAX.
>
> What does the iax debug in asterisk show?
>
> Tim Panton
>
> www.mexuar.net
> www.westhawk.co.uk/
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