Re: What is the matter with the "http://people.debian.org/~rafael/skype-amd64/"?
Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 01:55:57PM +0400, James Brown wrote:
>
>> Becouse it I think it needs to build new system of internet telephony
>> like skype but running under open sourse programs and protocols.
>> I think it need that new open-source built VoIP network system will
>> operate on a peer-to-peer model, that user directory will be entirely
>> decentralized and distributed among the nodes in the network, and use
>> encrypted connection insluding connetion with the exit node when making
>> calls to ordinary telephones.
>> I think that building such system will protect anonymity and privacy of
>> people and independence each of us from goverments, corporations etc.
>> control, becouse we will be able to call each other without any state or
>> corporate control over our telephone calls.
>> But now it is not exist any such VoIP system based on open sourses.
>> I really don't trust skype but I know that today any secret services of
>> Russia cannot establish real control skype-connections. I know it from
>> the officers of the Russian FSB which really interested (on corruption
>> base) to find one user of skype and didn't be able to do it.
>> But I am not sure that tomorrow the skype team or the US' security
>> services (which perhaps execute control over the skype team) will not
>> give information about skype users and their contacts to the Russia
>> authorities.
>> Furtherinafter, I (and each of us, I think) want to be able having
>> connections with other people absolutely free from any control neither
>> only Russian authorities nor any state secret services and any
>> corporations and groups of people existing in the world.
>>
>
> The fact skype is p2p is part of why I hate it. It is a complete
> nightmare to try and deal with on company networks. Trying to allow
> skype (because some people insist on it being amazingly useful) while
> blocking other p2p traffic is very very hard.
>
>
What is needing to block p2p traffic?
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