[OpenSIPStack] New development snapshot available

[Joegen E. B. <jo...@pl...>]

To All,

A new development snapshot is now available in the sourceforge download 
site. The version for the current CVS head is 1.1.0. Included in the 
release is support for hashed encryption for both SIP and RTP. Here's 
the Solegy press release:

Joegen
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Solegy Announces Support for SIP Encryption
Method to Circumvent SIP Packet Blocking Technology Released to 
OpenSIPStack Community

Manila, Phillipines (July 3, 2006) - Solegy LLC, a leading provider of 
managed service delivery systems today announced that it has adopted 
support for encryption of SIP messages among service providers using its 
ServicePDQ managed platform. The news is timely as it addresses the 
recent disruptions to VoIP service caused by attempts to block SIP 
messages and media by network operators around the world.

According to Joegen Baclor, Solegy's head protocol engineer, "Over the 
past few months several state-controlled Internet Service Providers have 
implemented Internet filters designed to block VoIP calls using the SIP 
protocol." SIP, a peer-to-peer processing protocol, allows 
next-generation services—VoIP, video, instant messaging, and online 
games, for example—to take place through session initiation, 
modification, and termination. Adds Baclor, "with our recent encryption 
implementation, end-user customers of Solegy powered service providers 
in a blocked region will still be able to establish SIP sessions to 
other VoIP users or the PSTN."

The encryption support, available immediately, has been designed to work 
with SIP telephone adapter equipment manufactured by several vendors, as 
well as though the use of software proxies and SIP softphones. The wide 
range of deployment options at the customer premises will help ensure 
that the solution is available to widest possible range of users.

In addition to being available to users of Solegy's managed service, the 
company will also release the source code to its encryption module as 
part of the OpenSIPStack (OSS) community. OSS (www.opensipstack.org 
<http://www.opensipstack.org>) is a Solegy-sponsored open source 
initiative to provide application developers with a fully compliant, 
freely available SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) stack. The new 
addition of Solegy's encryption management module will add further value 
to projects incorporating the high-performance SIP stack.