Got it! Thank you all for your help!

David

On Fri, Jul 3, 2015 at 2:30 PM, Russell Treleaven <[email protected]>
wrote:

> 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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>> Or what it means to be intelligent?
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