From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 23 12:39:22 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 83FAD8E5 for ; Sun, 23 Nov 2014 12:39:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yh0-x232.google.com (mail-yh0-x232.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4002:c01::232]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 30AB8FC3 for ; Sun, 23 Nov 2014 12:39:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-yh0-f50.google.com with SMTP id 29so3917767yhl.37 for ; Sun, 23 Nov 2014 04:39:21 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=seibercom.net; s=google; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:reply-to :organization:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=jJfhBEm9ZQzvlKBYrYxTFzk3j1jNb3nuQok80wUWWe4=; b=CuJzRa3OXaDqyUNW+b7vn7prH9bnQJpu8j11zUUmhP+WzKF/vq5sMeczMBYoBW0R5z g7Xo0YdKGpy4pb72O4FY51jglDoKiliWTMUpjz+95pBbXazH/ylyb/0McLybOdpozYiy iE8u0gCU45MhumjriL6Fri0G/ppqvemM59nOA= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to :references:reply-to:organization:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=jJfhBEm9ZQzvlKBYrYxTFzk3j1jNb3nuQok80wUWWe4=; b=AtC2I1EeiqdC8xMc6DhIUreaxHwUtN5k6X5vFXoDtq1NqANwMvoay2NnpCFWKP7Pxv dzXFpSii1CshHtpQHgiuqQzEJ/FWo2m9n5YDdDVsgeMEgT1EpROnT06fAE3yaI6BTA4L 1MJPwn43UI18FbI1Z/h6sUlZRn5lIGDCYriOY/MuIfieRg6rR0JRquR4fR9j9i1SdDj/ pKGstR7cb+LEhNUplEfby17YQey7ciSXXFS4u9EE5kMKYzwHUypgMeuHl+Ma2lhE31Ma PaizCWg4Cfusn3SuGKubTSTJ1kN7h6wvCKvWXxlqoqqrTDQAbFa5nu+jBNKfWwOw9jgC p3vg== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQnTE4qGxUn44VVNclQ3bEBKEj1WVQY5jKXhzO8Bgqsi0J1LdxI5Ovz1KtyyjXMLTCarWy15 X-Received: by 10.170.121.142 with SMTP id n136mr13392608ykb.123.1416746361305; Sun, 23 Nov 2014 04:39:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from scorpio.seibercom.net (cpe-076-182-104-150.nc.res.rr.com. [76.182.104.150]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id c67sm5633409yhn.36.2014.11.23.04.39.20 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Sun, 23 Nov 2014 04:39:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from scorpio (cpe-076-182-104-150.nc.res.rr.com [76.182.104.150]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: jerry@seibercom.net) by scorpio.seibercom.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3jlrfJ2DGXz5T7Hg for ; Sun, 23 Nov 2014 07:39:20 -0500 (EST) X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.98.4 at scorpio.seibercom.net Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2014 07:39:18 -0500 From: Jerry To: User questions Subject: Re: net-im/skype* vs. linux-c6-*: Message-ID: <20141123073918.5f1b81c0@scorpio> In-Reply-To: References: <20141107163008.GO1156@albert.catwhisker.org> <20141110012733.GE1239@albert.catwhisker.org> <20141111132312.GA1808@mx12.chaot.net> <3171138.bPutE9K8Gj@photon.home.palmen-it.de> <20141123062000.1e0441ad@scorpio> Reply-To: User questions Organization: seibercom NET X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.11.1 (GTK+ 2.24.22; amd64-portbld-freebsd10.1) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2014 12:39:22 -0000 On Sun, 23 Nov 2014 23:06:51 +1100, Outback Dingo stated: >not that its helps users with global skype friends... but you can download >and install tox from https://tox.im/ it does literally everything skype >does, its also free and encrypted. >and it runs on everything, so maybe its time to get the world to switch to >a free opensource application that easily replaces skype with no central >authority. just my thoughts Not really, it does not support "Conference calls", nor can you log in simultaneously on two devices. Also, apparently IP addresses are being expose. What I find most disturbing is that the project is being run by a group of hackers. Somehow that does not give me a warm, fuzzy feeling. Plus, I can see no way that this would tie into a Microsoft Office Work-group, which is where I use Skype extensively. In addition, the "tox" literature claims it is more secure because it is encrypted. Skype is also encrypted. I guess it boils down to what your requirements are. If you only need it to talk to "ma" an "pa", then "tox" is fine. -- Jerry