On 08/17/2014 07:17 AM, ter...@safe-mail.net wrote: > Is Mumble cross-platform? I see it's opensource but will it run on Linux > OSes? I would appreciate something like this running over Tor on Tails Linux. > Possibly with a users directory. > > > Thanks > --TZ
Yes, it is[0]. I've used it in Whonix, with OpenVPN to handle both TCP and UDP. Basically, you setup an OpenVPN server (using PKI) in one Whonix workstation VM, and configure a hidden service in the Whonix gateway VM that points to it. Then you install Mumble in the workstation VM, and setup a server pointing to localhost. To avoid IP conflict, you must change the gateway-workstation network from default 192.168.0.0/24 to 192.168.1.0/24 (or whatever). Others using Whonix install OpenVPN and Mumble. The OpenVPN clients connect via SocksPort, using OpenVPN's "socks-proxy server port up" (where up contains the username/password for the local Whonix gateway) and "socks-proxy-retry" options. The Mumble clients connect (via VPN via Tor) to the Mumble server at 192.168.1.11 (or whatever IP the remote workstation VM is at). There's considerable latency (1-2 seconds) but sound quality is otherwise excellent, better than typical cellphone. Mumble is designed for in-game conversation, and includes an excellent quality-optimization wizard. But that's mostly of historical interest, I think. I see that Linphone works well via OnionCat.[1,2]. And Linphone uses the standard SIP protocol, so you're not limited to users on a particular Mumble server. [0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumble_(software) [1] https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Voip#linphone [2] https://www.whonix.org/forum/index.php/topic,407.0.html > -------- Original Message -------- > From: W. Greenhouse <wgreenho...@riseup.net> > Apparently from: tor-talk-boun...@lists.torproject.org > To: tor-talk@lists.torproject.org > Subject: Re: [tor-talk] Free Decentralized VOIP over Tor > Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 16:25:54 +0000 > >> Hi Terry, >> >> ter...@safe-mail.net writes: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Has there been any proposals to develop a free decentralized VOIP >>> network for Tor? >> >> Mumble, best known as a voice groupchat software for gamers, has been >> the subject of some Tor experiments, because it has Push to Talk support >> to help deal with high latency, and because it can be configured to use >> TCP only--unlike most VoiP applications, which use a combination of TCP >> and UDP. There are both desktop and mobile clients, and self-hosting a >> Mumble instance on a hidden service is feasible. This isn't federated, >> AFAIK, though, unlike SIP or XMPP voice chat, so it would only scale to >> the smallish group that was using the same Mumble service. >> >> See e.g. >> https://guardianproject.info/2013/01/31/anonymous-cb-radio-with-mumble-and-tor/ >> >> -- >> Best, >> WGG >> >> -- >> tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org >> To unsubscribe or change other settings go to >> https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
