Phil Zimmerman to release VoIP Encryption Software(c.March)

[Tom Harney <tom.harney (at) gmail.com>]

I apologize Christopher, I misunderstood your question.  Thanks for
clarifying.  And I think you're correct to assume it won't be making
its way through IETF anytime soon.  I wonder if his protocol could be
encapsulated within an existing protocol for compatibility?  I'm an
amateur, so I'm still learning about these protocols.

Tom

On 2/3/06, Christian Stredicke <Christian.Stredicke (at) snom.de> wrote:
> Tom, open source does not mean it is not proprietary.
>
> Zfone uses "ZRTP", which is currently his own proprietary protocol. I
> appreciate Phil's work, it is surely a masterpiece. But it is too late!
> The rest of this planet has agreed in the meantime on SRTP and TLS. Phil
> should have contributed to RFC3261 (sips, tls transport layer) and
> RFC3711 (SRTP). RFC3261 was published in June 2002, and SRTP was
> published in March 2004. If Phil introduces it in March to the IETF, I
> do not assume it will become an RFC too soon.
>
> CS
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Voipsec-bounces (at) voipsa.org
> > [mailto:Voipsec-bounces (at) voipsa.org] On Behalf Of Tom Harney
> > Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 11:31 PM
> > To: Christian Stredicke
> > Cc: voipsec (at) voipsa.org
> > Subject: Re: [VOIPSEC] Phil Zimmerman to release VoIP
> > Encryption Software(c.March)
> >
> > Christian,
> >
> > If you listen to the podcast on
> > http://www.blueboxpodcast.com/2006/01/blue_box_etel20.html
> > Phil, in his final comments, indicates that he will be
> > licensing this through an open source license.  I'm assuming
> > GPL?  or LGPL maybe?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Tom
> >
> > On 2/2/06, Christian Stredicke <Christian.Stredicke (at) snom.de> wrote:
> > > Is it proprietary? Has it been tested against other sip and srtp
> > > implementations?
> > >
> > > Sorry, those might be stupid questions!
> > >
> > > CS
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Voipsec-bounces (at) voipsa.org
> > > > [mailto:Voipsec-bounces (at) voipsa.org] On Behalf Of Candace Holman
> > > > Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 7:16 PM
> > > > To: voipsec (at) voipsa.org
> > > > Subject: [VOIPSEC] Phil Zimmerman to release VoIP Encryption
> > > > Software (c.March)
> > > >
> > > >     Here's an article describing Zimmerman's zFone
> > plugin.  Are any of
> > > >     you softphone vendors planning to leap on this in March?  It's
> > > >     pretty good (no pun intended).
> > > >
> > > >     Quick summary:
> > > >
> > > >         * plugin works with the client IP stack
> > > >         * no centrally managed key handling
> > > >         * users confirm via voice the 'keys' they read on their
> > > > screens,
> > > >           esp for critical calls
> > > >
> > > >     http://www.voip-magazine.com/content/view/1674
> > > >
> > > >     Candace Holman
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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