From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 19 01:44:13 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A840D1065672 for ; Sun, 19 Jun 2011 01:44:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Received: from mail-vx0-f182.google.com (mail-vx0-f182.google.com [209.85.220.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A2D28FC13 for ; Sun, 19 Jun 2011 01:44:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vxc34 with SMTP id 34so3872522vxc.13 for ; Sat, 18 Jun 2011 18:44:12 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.220.215.193 with SMTP id hf1mr1536234vcb.4.1308447851981; Sat, 18 Jun 2011 18:44:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.220.80.144 with HTTP; Sat, 18 Jun 2011 18:44:11 -0700 (PDT) X-Originating-IP: [93.221.183.59] 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> Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2011 03:44:11 +0200 Message-ID: From: "C. P. Ghost" To: Polytropon Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: Frank Shute , FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Any working SIP-phone on FreeBSD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2011 01:44:13 -0000 On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 12:43 AM, Polytropon 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/