[asterisk-users] OpenVPN on phones?

[Olle E. Johansson]

4 feb 2010 kl. 19.42 skrev Steve Totaro:

> On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 11:30 AM, --[ UxBoD ]-- <uxbod at splatnix.net> wrote:
>> ----- "Ken D'Ambrosio" <ken at jots.org> wrote:
>> 
>>> It's just come to my attention that newer phones from both Snom and
>>> Grandstream support OpenVPN.  Is this a new trend or something?
>>> Since
>>> OpenVPN, in one swell foop, deals with both NAT issues and securing
>>> communications, I'd be very interested in hearing if other phone
>>> vendors
>>> were embracing OpenVPN as well.  (Other VPN solutions are all well
>>> and
>>> good, but I really like the flexibility that OpenVPN offers.)
>>> 
>>> Thanks!
>>> 
>>> -Ken
>> 
>> Just taken delivery of a Snom 870 and one thing that did disappointment is that you have to install a beta firmware to enable OpenVPN ... Hmmmm ...
>> --
>> Thanks, Phil
>> 
> 
> All firmware is beta, that is why they keep releasing more....
> 
All your firmware are belong to us ;-)

Anyway - is there someone out there that know the behaviour of OpenVPN in regards of retransmits and such? A VPN that retransmits will at some point hurt you if you transmit media over it, especially if you scale it up. 

Curious.

/O