Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2011 04:35:59 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: "C. P. Ghost" <cpghost@cordula.ws> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Any working SIP-phone on FreeBSD? Message-ID: <20110619043559.7e1f3455.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <BANLkTimQVEW09f%2Bo8VoaCA6qxC6X9V9o9A@mail.gmail.com> 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> <BANLkTimQVEW09f%2Bo8VoaCA6qxC6X9V9o9A@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, 19 Jun 2011 03:44:11 +0200, C. P. Ghost wrote: > 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. I don't see advantages in propretary protocols as of Skype. I just think I see the importance (as often found) that free software "has to" play nice with the proprietary ones, the established ones. Because users often require the free software to be "like" the proprietary one, this is one of the reasons that might make then switch. Often, it's not just about pure functionality (which, by the way, is the requirement to be met for anything to work properly), but it's also the usage share (cf. "market share") of a certain product, technology, protocol or program. However, working SIP telephony programs for FreeBSD would enable the system to do lots of magic things, especially in combination with let's say Asterisk PBX. There is lots of potential in it, and it will be more and more important in the future. > 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 The article sounds interesting upon first sight - I'll read that in detail. Thanks! -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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