Re: [P2PSIP] Auth/boot is weakest link

Hi David,

could you explain a bit more why you think that mDNS would help to solve 
the problems Skype faced?

When you talk about mDNS then do you have these solutions in mind?
http://tools.ietf.org/id/draft-lee-sip-dns-sd-uri-01.txt
http://www.xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0174.html

Ciao
Hannes

David Barrett wrote:
> Any thoughts on the latest Skype debacle?
>
> Generally Skype is held up as justification of the power of p2p voip.  
> However, as clearly evidenced in the past week, a system is only as 
> decentralized as its most centralized link: in this case, 
> bootstrapping and authentication.
>
> What's the latest thinking about how p2psip would fare better?
>
> While no official position has been taken on the issue, it's been 
> argued that a combination of DNS/mDNS makes a good candidate.  (Though 
> technically centralized, it's highly redundant and distributed, as 
> well as decentralized in a legal sense -- especialy when compared to 
> Skype!)
>
> What other options are on the table for providing authentication and 
> bootstrapping in a way that's superior to Skype?
>
> -david
>
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