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

[Evert Meulie]

As soon as they port it to Gentoo I'll try it out...  ;-)

   Evert



Kerry Garrison wrote:
> Everyone should simply uninstall Skype and switch to the Gizmo project
> because it interfaces quite nicely with Asterisk.
> 
> Kerry Garrison
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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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