Opinions on Jitsi? (VOIP software)

[IveBeenBit]

I am far from being the most computer savvy person on the forum. Does anyone have any opinions on Jitsi for secure communications? I haven't really seen much discussion about it on the Internet.

www.jitsi.org

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[MysteryMiner]

It is completely secure from eavesdropping of contents, both IM and voice calls. It is open source with proper implementations. It is easy to use.

I don't know how anonymous it could be made when used with Tor. It still could leak DNS requests or other information, did not check Jitsi with Wireshark. I will still use TorChat for ultimate anonymity.

It is finally the workable solution that can replace Skype right now. Sure the SIP protocol is just as flawed by design as FTP is. But it is better than nothing.

[IveBeenBit]

It is completely secure from eavesdropping of contents, both IM and voice calls. It is open source with proper implementations. It is easy to use.

I don't know how anonymous it could be made when used with Tor. It still could leak DNS requests or other information, did not check Jitsi with Wireshark. I will still use TorChat for ultimate anonymity.

It is finally the workable solution that can replace Skype right now. Sure the SIP protocol is just as flawed by design as FTP is. But it is better than nothing.

What would happen if it leaks DNS requests? Does that mean that snoops could potentially tell WHAT two parties are talking, but not be able to read the contents?

What is Wireshark?

What is flawed about the SIP protocol?

Thanks for the reply, BTW.

[MysteryMiner]

What would happen if it leaks DNS requests?

It will reveal the observer when your computer is requesting DNS server to resolve domain name such as google.com to IP address such as 8.8.8.8

Does that mean that snoops could potentially tell WHAT two parties are talking, but not be able to read the contents?

No, the content is still encrypted but the fact that computer X is trying to access resource secretchildporndomain.com is leaked.

What is Wireshark?

Program used to capture and analyze the data flow on network. It is called network sniffer. Requires some knowledge about networks and how to use and interpret results.

What is flawed about the SIP protocol?

It requires centralized server to communicate. Also have some problems when operating behind NAT (router). It is old-school fashion that might work exceptionally well in some scenarios but P2P technology that Skype pioneered in VoIP is the way to go.

[imanikin]

Major jitsi update 2.0 is out:
https://jitsi.org/index.php/Main/Download

[grantbdev]

Major jitsi update 2.0 is out:
https://jitsi.org/index.php/Main/Download

Thanks for that. I love Jitsi, but I was just about to say the project has seemed pretty dead with no new releases in a while.

[IveBeenBit]

Yes, thanks for letting us know about the new release. I downloaded a "nightly build" a couple months ago but was disappointed with all the bugs still in it. I've been looking forward to the 2.0 release.

[imanikin]

Yes, thanks for letting us know about the new release. I downloaded a "nightly build" a couple months ago but was disappointed with all the bugs still in it. I've been looking forward to the 2.0 release.

Welcome. It's kind of like Bitcoin - still not at its full potential, but progressing well.

[Snowfire]

I can't get it to run on my machine.

[imanikin]

I can't get it to run on my machine.

Sign up for their user lists, and tell them what's happening. They are usually pretty helpful.

[vite]

Why is there no bitcoiner developing a voip phone company that can take btc to credit accounts and provide a DID#