On Sat, 25 Apr 2009, Yahya Mohammad wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 09:20:05PM +0000, Jeff LaCoursiere wrote: >> >> I have been wondering - if you ran your SIP traffic over VPN tunnels, what >> would the state think of that? They obviously won't be able to inspect >> the data to see what is flowing through the tunnel. Do thye also restrict >> encrypted traffic? > > They can't see the data due to encryption, but they can observe packets' > traffic patterns, and match them to typical usage by various protocols. > Bitek ( > http://www.bitek.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=74&Itemid=60 > ) > is one company that caters to state ISPs and I've heard their technology > can guess if voip is being used inside encrypted tunnels. Yikes!! I just followed that link and I guess I shouldn't be surprised. Big brother is finding all kind of ways to supress information flow. > > VPNs are not allowed on residential connections, but it's not really > enforced, and it does work well with voip. In any case, if an ISP can > block 95% of VoIP usage, it's good enough for them. It's probably not > worth the effort to block the remaining 5% tech savvy people. > Interesting... j _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
