[asterisk-users] IAX for internet file transfer?

[Maris]

> guarantee delivery?, not to mention that IAX2 does not use RTP. Are
 you
> suggesting to change the protocol to support such transfers?

When it makes sense, yes - see below, otherwise the idea can get into
 the waste paper backet.

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> But why does he want to do it ? Share secret / illegal files LOL ?
> 

Transfer files and/or logging data to/from computers anywhere in the
 intranet of organizations - over the internet. Due to restrictions
 this computer may not have server functionality. For the purpose, an
 IAX client can be installed on the remote computer. Of course, such
 client-client communication can be solved using an intermediate
 server which two clients that exchange data connects to. The specific
 features of IAX (NAT transparency) could help, provided that simple
 TCP channels initiated by the clients can posess problems in
 establishing connections under certain weird network constellations -
 it goes beyond my knowledge to judge that.

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> to the other side and decode it there Asterisk (or just about any
 VoIP
> software) will opt for timely delivery rather than a reliable
 delivery.
 
Encoding digital data into audio in order to transfer it as digital
 audio data packets makes no sense for me. Packet problems can be
 overcome with other methods, as pointed out by other contributors.

Rob Maris
Hardware developer