[guardian-dev] onion address for SIP TCP (non-TLS) port

[Lee Azzarello]

You can try it right now. Configure Jitsi to use the SOCKS5 proxy
provided by Tor. That's all. I block all traffic on port 5060 at
ostel.co so you can start with TCP port 5061 as a test.

-lee

On 10/22/14, 11:35 AM, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
> 
> Has anyone ever tried using an .onion address for the SIP TCP registration
> port (5060)?  There would be no need for TLS, since the Tor Hidden Service
> would provide the connection encryption.
> 
> This would help make SIP a lot more private since the SIP TCP/TLS is always
> connected, and that connection can be used to track users, especially if it is
> an organization's SIP server with a small user base.
> 
> I'm guessing this should be workable since the TCP port provides the signaling
> and registration, and the RTP media streams are totally separate.
> 
> .hc
>