[HacktionLab] Open Source / federated VOIP?

[johnc]

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Hi,

For an easy, open source option where security isn't the top priority
use Jitsi meet:

https://jitsi.org/Projects/JitsiMeet

 The Jitsi desktop client has a lot of features but I've stopped using
it largely because of how buggy it is. If you are just using SIP then
Linphone is far superior as regards stability. You can get it for
windows and android too. A few years ago I supported an entire call
centre of people who used that program with little issue.

Ostel + linphone is a good solution. It's not too hard to set up a
similar system that will federate with ostel. This will give you end to
end encryption. I've built and documented a system like this.

ring.cx looks amazing! Thanks for that. The DHT implementation looks
really cool, I think they may have solved the Sybil attack problem:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sybil_attack
https://github.com/savoirfairelinux/opendht/blob/master/README.md

Really easy to install on Debian.

I'm on 9d028169f054f9cd208ec866575cf3005dfb3378 if you want to test :-)

I'm quite up for some telecoms hacking this year if anyone else is?

Cheers,
John

On 08/10/15 09:41, zylum at peacenews.info wrote:
> Hello,
>       I was just reading through the thread in the list archive on this
> topic myself. Since M$ bought Skype, the Linux version has been going
> down hill. No surprise there. The latest problem is that the up to date
> version of Skype refuses to play with the up to date version of
> Pulseaudio in Debian Jessie. There are threads out the on the Skype,
> Debian and Ubuntu forums if anyone is interested.
> 
> For me, this is a sign that it is time to leave it all behind and
> embrace a genuinely free software alternative. I have been looking at:
> https://jitsi.org/ (Apache License)
> https://ostel.co/
> https://ring.cx/ (GPL License)
> 
> Security/encryption is not my priority, though it would be nice. For me,
> the free-ness of the software is at least as important.
> 
> All of the above use SIP so they should be inter-operable, IE: someome
> using jitsi should be able to call someone using ring, right? Users
> should also be able to call folk using google talk - I believe - which
> would be great, as trying to train all of my contacts to move away from
> Skype needs to be as straightforward as possible.
> 
> NB: There are lots of articles out there on What's The Difference
> Between WebRTC and SIP?
> 
> If anyone is already using either of these, or another SIP client
> regularly (on Debian), I would be interested to hear. Previously this
> thread seemed only to get as far as "I tried it once, it sort of worked"
> If anyone would be interested to arrange a time to call or to try a
> multi-way conference call, it would be good to put this software through
> its paces.
> 
> BTW - I have written a piece, trying to win over novices to the idea of
> GNU/Linux for Peace News if anyone is interested...
> http://peacenews.info/node/8150/it%E2%80%99s-time-we-valued-our-digital-freedom
> 
> (Sadly, they did not include the link to Tisquel which I suggested, as
> it is the only distro' I have used which is both fully free and
> genuinely usable.)
> 
> Benjamin.
> 
> ---- Previous Message ----
> Date: Tue, 06 Oct 2015 23:28:39 +0100
> From: nmd <nmd at riseup.net>
> To: "hacktionlab at lists.aktivix.org" <hacktionlab at lists.aktivix.org>
> Subject: Re: [HacktionLab] Open Source / federated VOIP?
> 
> Hi, Thought I'd just resurrect this thread to ask what y'all think of
> some of the new webrtc offerings out there?
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