[Asterisk-Dev] A crazy idea... Skype channel in Asterisk

[Arnaud Pignard]

Seems they are using iLBC as said on gnomemeeting website :
"How could Skype have a superior quality when it is using the same codec 
(iLBC) than software like GnomeMeeting ..."
http://www.gnomemeeting.org/


At 18:46 18/10/2004, you wrote:
>No, I highly doubt it'll be easy. I think trying to decompile the code could
>give us some kind of start, at least to figure out how the encryption is
>setup. I believe they use Speex as the voice codec. After the encryption is
>figured out, then it shouldn't be overwhelmingly complex to figure out how
>they initiate a session (yea, I'm optimistic :)).
>
>As far as DCMA, I'm outside the USA (Guatemala). I think Fernando is in
>Mexico. DCMA doesn't exist (thank G_d) in these places.
>
>-Michael
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: asterisk-dev-bounces at lists.digium.com
>[mailto:asterisk-dev-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Jon Radon
>Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 10:16 AM
>To: Asterisk Developers Mailing List
>Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Dev] A crazy idea... Skype channel in Asterisk
>
>I'm not an expert, but reverse engineering skype probably won't be an easy
>task.
>
>
>On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 09:39:03 -0600, Michael Giagnocavo
><mgg-digium at atrevido.net> wrote:
> > Sounds rather interesting!
> >
> > But, aren't there some legal issues around doing this kind of thing? I
> > remember a few months ago going over this, but it looked like it could be
>a
> > problem if a company tried to really use it (say, by competing with
>SkypeOut
> > service to terminate to the PSTN).
> >
> > I'd sure be interested in it though. Although the CPU hit would probably
>not
> > be that nice, it'll be cool to have encrypted calls...
> >
> > -Michael
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: asterisk-dev-bounces at lists.digium.com
> > [mailto:asterisk-dev-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Fernando Romo
> > Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 9:23 AM
> > To: Asterisk Developers Mailing List
> > Subject: [Asterisk-Dev] A crazy idea... Skype channel in Asterisk
> >
> > Dear Developers:
> >
> > I found skype and take a few moments to think in create a channel
> > capable to talk the skype protocol. The purpose of this is crate a point
> > if contact with the millions of skype users. For example, if we create a
> > skype username called "mycompany" (for example) and when any skype user
> > call to "mycompany", asterisk take control of the call, atend the call
> > in a IVR and send to Voicemail if the user are unavailable.
> >
> > It sounds crazy, but i star to reseach how skype works and how to create
> > a control channel for this.
> >
> > Any ideas are welcome.
> >
> > Best regards.......... Fernando Romo
> >                               pop at cofradia.org
> >
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