[p2p-hackers] Is P2P SIP Poised to Out-Hype Skype? (Voxilla)

[Saikat Guha]

On Mon, 2005-08-22 at 01:40 -0400, coderman wrote:
> On 8/21/05, David Barrett <dbarrett at quinthar.com> wrote:
> > My reasoning is based on the observation that P2P is primarily useful in two
> > situations:
>
> i think there is an important third aspect that Enzo hints at:
> c) When a centralized solution doesn't provide enough privacy.

IMHO, privacy and the centralized vs. p2p debate is completely
orthogonal. 

If you mean privacy of the conversation -- centralized data proxies are
just as secure as P2P as long as you encrypt the data stream end-to-
end. 

If you mean privacy in terms of figuring out what parties are
communicating (and not necessarily what is being said) -- then P2P does
not provide any more privacy than a centralized approach [1]. 

[1] http://news.com.com/Feds+fund+VoIP+tapping
+research/2100-7348_3-5825932.html?tag=nl

-- 
Saikat
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