Hi, Le mardi 03 juillet 2007 à 22:38 -0700, w laoye a écrit : > --- w laoye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 02:54:54 -0700 (PDT) > > From: w laoye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: ekiga > > To: Ekiga mailing list <[email protected]> > > > > Is video communication under ekiga encrypted?
No, but it's planned for version 3.2. > > > > I have ekiga installed for about a month now but > > still > > hav no chance to test out the video link. How about > > setting up a site for video test, like what is > > available for audio. sip:[EMAIL PROTECTED] is an echo test supporting video. > > > > When skype video becomes available, will ekiga peter > > out? At the time skype video for Linux will become available, I bet Ekiga will have release support for h.264 video codec giving Ekiga same quality as ichat for mac, with high framerate (up to 25 FPS i bet), thus Ekiga will have better video than Skype, as H.264 is reputed to have better quality than VP7 used by Skype. See: http://www.doom9.org/index.html?/codecs-main-105-1.htm Skype has very high security concerns, e.g. in my country (France) Skype is forbidden in education administration. Security by obfuscation and proprietary protocol isn't good enough for independence and real security (checked by others). Skype leeches your bandwidth to allow NAT transversal (and maybe other purposes, who knows except Skype ?). You can't know what Skype is doing, everything is encrypted, and Skype generate traffic even if idle... Skype messed up the way internet works by trying to pass any restriction an administrator want to put on his network (using the port 80 and encryption, relaying traffic in a P2P fashion, etc.) Skype is enforcing Intel against AMD: http://news.com.com/AMDs+lawyers+call+on+Skype/2100-1006_3-6044365.html This means Skype use you to make money and restrict your hardware choice... Skype refuses interoperability. Thus their rates are usually more expensive than the SIP rates. e.g. http://www.skype.com/products/skypeout/rates/ http://www.voipbuster.com/en/rates.html (be aware you can choose any SIP provider and benefit from competition, which you can't do with skype) Some people (like me) refuse to use a closed protocol to transport their communications. This isn't trustful. IMHO, SKYPE SUCKS. Regards, Yannick > > > > wl > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > > Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you > > sell. > > http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/ > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated for > today's economy) at Yahoo! Games. > http://get.games.yahoo.com/proddesc?gamekey=monopolyherenow > _______________________________________________ > ekiga-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/ekiga-list > -- Me joindre en téléphonie IP / vidéoconférence ? sip:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Logiciel de VoIP Ekiga : http://www.ekiga.org http://wiki.ekiga.org/index.php/Which_programs_work_with_Ekiga_%3F _______________________________________________ ekiga-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/ekiga-list
