Any working SIP-phone on FreeBSD?

Polytropon freebsd at edvax.de
Sun Jun 19 02:36:02 UTC 2011


On Sun, 19 Jun 2011 03:44:11 +0200, C. P. Ghost wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 12:43 AM, Polytropon <freebsd at 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!



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