Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2011 03:44:11 +0200 From: "C. P. Ghost" <cpghost@cordula.ws> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: Frank Shute <frank@shute.org.uk>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Any working SIP-phone on FreeBSD? Message-ID: <BANLkTimQVEW09f%2Bo8VoaCA6qxC6X9V9o9A@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20110619004303.c6f68a52.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <4DFCDE25.2050203@rawbw.com> <20110618180326.GA21890@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> <4DFD01B9.5010807@rawbw.com> <20110618212315.GB21890@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> <20110619004303.c6f68a52.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 12:43 AM, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote: > On Sat, 18 Jun 2011 22:23:15 +0100, Frank Shute wrote: >> I think we have to wait for somebody to write a Skype clone and >> hopefully MS taking over Skype will provide the impetus (MS will drop >> the linux port as soon as they can). > > Some time ago I've read (at least I _think_ I read it) that > someone reverse-engineered the Skype protocol, so there maybe > is the chance that a free Skype alternative, being compatible > with Skype, will be created. I guess, we don't need to mimic Skype's proprietary protocol, because that would create patent-related problems in some parts of the world. What we need though, that's a WORKING and robust NAT traversal technique, be it in Ekiga or any other SIP-based softphone. Because that's what prevents them for working reliably everywhere. This is an interesting research project: http://www.goto.info.waseda.ac.jp/~wei/file/wei-apan-v10.pdf -cpghost. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/
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