You can encrypt media with ZRTP without using TLS to encrypt the signalling.



On Fri, Jul 3, 2015 at 3:19 PM, Liviu Andronic <[email protected]>
wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 3, 2015 at 6:28 PM, David Bolton <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > I'm interested in the end-to-end encryption via Linphone. I didn't see
> any
> > information in the user guide: http://www.linphone.org/user-guide.html I
> > also searched the web but found very little except for a couple people
> > saying they couldn't get it to work.
> >
> > Currently I'm testing Linphone by making calls between a linphone
> account on
> > my phone and a linphone account on my desktop.
> >
> > On the phone, Linphone displays a red lock with a slash through it. Does
> > that mean it is not encrypted? When I tap on the lock nothing happens. On
> > the desktop I don't see any visual UI about encryption or secure
> > communication.
> >
> The barred lock usually means unencrypted connection.
>
> To obtain encrypted communications, what you want to do is:
> - select for each account TLS as transport (beware as not all SIP
> servers support this, so it's a bit of a hit and miss affair; if
> account won't connect while TLS is selected, then said server doesn't
> support it)
> - select globally ZRTP media encryption in Network Settings
>
> You may also choose SRTP, but from my understanding it is much less
> secure than ZRTP. ZRTP seems to be the golden standard in the
> open-source world these days, and for instance Silent Circle uses this
> ( https://silentcircle.com/faq-zrtp ). For a good overview of ZRTP and
> its interface see:
> https://jitsi.org/Documentation/ZrtpFAQ
>
> Bottom line:
> - both clients have ZRTP enabled
> (if one client doesn't, then the call is placed unencrypted and the
> lock will be barred on the phone)
> - once connection is established, both clients will get a 4 letter
> code displayed
> - users must jointly verify that they see the same code (if code
> matches, each user can click on Verify code)
>
> The last step is supposed to ensure that not one third party has
> tampered with the connection and that it is indeed end-to-end
> encrypted.
>
> Regards,
> Liviu
>
>
> > David
> >
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