[asterisk-users] Encrypting the Conversation

[Mike Bates]

Are you talking about ZiPhone a USB device ?

Mike

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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Michael Graves 
  To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion 
  Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 6:44 AM
  Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Encrypting the Conversation


  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
  >(860) 693-2226 x 31
  >Toll Free (877) 693-2226 
  >
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