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 -- | First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. | -- Mohandas Gandhi | | The Ontario Asterisk & Voice-over-IP Enthusiasts Group | Join by visiting http://uc.org/asterisk, or by sending email to | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
