On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 11:41 AM, Jim Muchow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a couple of questions. > > The first is that I have read that the Ekiga VoIP client is expected to > support the ZRTP protocol. Is this still true? I'm just curious. > > Because the second question is why do I care? I mean, I've asked > and looked around the net and I don't quite understand why VoIP > encryption is necessary. I mean, I understand that encrypted > communications are a good thing and a worthwhile goal, but VoIP > traffic doesn't seem quite as, um, exposed to snooping concerns as > say ftp/telnet vs sftp/ssh. > > Thanks for any info, > Jim Muchow > _______________________________________________ VoIP is very much in the clear - much like ftp/telnet, anyone that dumps the traffic can reconstruct everything from credentials to the conversation. This in unlike ssh based transactions that, if you use a cert, are considerably harder to break down and understand the elements of the communication. ZRTP is a good thing(tm) - you want it.
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