[asterisk-users] Replacing Skype with Asterisk Peering Servers - and Security

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Philipp Kempgen wrote:
> Siju George wrote:
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>> What are the security ramifications of peering two Asterisk servers on
>> remote locations and sending the VOIP traffice through the internet
>> using IAX2 ? Can this traffic be sniffed and the Voice be captured and
>> heard by any third party?
>>     
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> Yes.
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>> If so is ther a way to prevent it?
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> IPSec.
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Or the built in encryption in iax2
>> Is there a way in asterisk to do
>> that
>>     
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> No.
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>   
Yes :)
>> or should i be using some VPN technique like IPSEC between the
>> two end points to encrypt VOIP traffic?
>>     
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> Yes.
>
> Regards,
>   Philipp Kempgen
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