I think that most protocols have provisions for encryption in them.
For example SIP[1], and it's primary dependency, RTP[2], both contain
specifications for encryption -- it's just that no one has bothered to
implement them in Asterisk yet.

There's a bounty though:
http://www.voip-info.org/tiki-index.php?page=Asterisk+Bounty+SIP+encryption

[1] http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc3261.html
[2] http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1889.html

On 8/3/05, Mike Ramsay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>    Hi all I was wondering how safe voip for privacy and can it be
> intercepted. 
>   
> When Simon was working at the same place I was, he did some test and found 
> that after a call was completed, ie connect two SIP phones the connection
> became,  
> point to point no asterisk server in the middle. 
> My question is how do we secure the point to point connection from people
> monitoring it. 
>   
> It came from this webmail it is very light but it made me wonder what can be
> done ? 
>   
> http://smallbusiness.itworld.com/4383/nls_itinsightsvoip050803/page_1.html


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