Table provides the overview of security features of nine analysed open-source SIP clients (some sources call them the RTC communicator).
Source: P. Segeč, M. Moravčík, J. Hrabovský, J. Papán and J. Uramová, “Securing SIP infrastructures with PKI — The analysis,” 2017 15th International Conference on Emerging eLearning Technologies and Applications (ICETA), Stary Smokovec, 2017, pp. 1-8.
doi: 10.1109/ICETA.2017.8102525
URL: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?rp=&arnumber=8102525&isnumber=8102457
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SIP clients |
Jitsi |
Blink Qt |
microSIP |
Ring (Sfl phone) |
QuteCom |
Ekiga |
Linphone |
Empathy |
Yate |
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www |
jitsi.org |
icanblink.com |
microsip.org.ua |
ring.cx |
qutecom.org |
ekiga.org |
linphone.org |
wiki.gnome.org/ Apps/Empathy |
yate.ro |
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Licence |
Apache |
GPLv3 |
GPL |
GPLv3 |
GPL |
GPL |
GPLv2 |
GPL |
GPL |
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Version |
2,8 |
1.4.2 |
3.14 |
Beta 1.0.0 |
2.2.1 |
4.0.1 |
3.10.0 |
3.12.12 |
5.5.01 |
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Latest release date |
19.3.2015 |
11.9.2015 |
12.8.2016 |
14.3.2016 |
22.6.2011 |
21.3.2013 |
11.8.2016 |
13.5.2016 |
2.3.2015 |
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Operating system |
Win, Linux, Mac X,Android |
Win, Linux, Mac |
Win |
Linux,Win, Apple, Android |
Linux, Mac OS, Win, |
Linux, Win, Solaris |
Linux, Win, Mac, Android, WebOS |
Linux, BSD |
Linux, OS X, Win, Mac, BSD |
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Audio/video |
Yes/Yes |
Yes/Yes |
Yes/Yes |
Yes/Yes |
Yes/Yes |
Yes/Yes |
Yes/Yes |
Yes/Yes |
Yes/No |
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Advanced services |
SIMPLE, XCAP, |
IM,XCAP |
SIMPLE |
IM |
IM |
SIMPLE |
IM |
IM |
IM |
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DNS SRV/NAPTR |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
– |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
– |
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DNSSec |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
– |
|
IM encryption |
Yes OTR |
Pro a Linux verzia -OTR |
No |
– |
– |
– |
– |
No |
– |
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IPSec |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
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TLS |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
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DTLS |
– |
– |
– |
Yes |
– |
– |
– |
No |
– |
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Media encryption |
SDES SRTP, ZRTP |
ZRTP |
SRTP |
SDES SRTP, ZRTP |
SRTP |
No |
SRTP, ZRTP |
No |
SRTP |
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Key manag. |
MIKEY |
– |
– |
– |
Everbbe |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Identity |
– |
– |
– |
X.509 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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NAT |
ICE |
ICE |
ICE |
ICE, UPnP |
– |
STUN |
ICE |
STUN, TURN |
– |
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Other protocols |
SIP, XMPP, AIM/ICQ, MSN, Yahoo! |
SIP |
SIP |
SIP, IAX |
SIP, MSN, YIM, AIM, ICQ, XMPP |
SIP, H.323 |
SIP |
GoogleTalk, XMPP, MSN, IRC, AIMICQ |
GoogleTalk, XMPP, H323, IAX |
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Transport protocols |
TCP, TLS, UDP |
TCP, TLS, UDP |
TCP, TLS, UDP |
UDP, TLS/SSL |
UDP |
UDP |
UDP, TCP, TLS |
UDP, TCP |
UDP/TCP |
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IPv4/IPv6 |
Yes/Yes |
Yes/No |
Yes/- |
Yes/No |
Yes/No |
Yes/Exper. |
Yes/Yes |
Yes/- |
Yes/Yes |