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Skype vs SIP

SIP - the open standard, and Skype - closed.developers. It has number of features which
But Skype adapts for real conditions better,distinguish  it  from  SIP.
SIP it is focused on conditions relatives to
ideal.First, report Skype is focused on a
p2p-network (Peer-To-Peer.) Skype works by a
Report SIP, Session Interaction Protocol (RFCprinciple self-organizing
3621) is open by a cavity for developers.distributed(allocated) p2p networks in which
It(he) is well enough thought over, and atthere are no constant servers. The role of
the present moment is the most popular as itservers is carried out by the participants of
is simple enough for hardware realizationa network having direct IP-address and the
and, besides the organization of voicewide  channel  of connection to the Internet.
sessions of communication(connection), gives
a number(line) of additional opportunities.Second, in report Skype enciphering is
Into problems(tasks) of report SIP enterswithout fail applied. It is the compelled
only to establish and coordinatemeasure caused by p2p-structure of network
communication(connection), and it is notSkype: the traffic passes through units to
necessary that this communication(connection)which  should  not  trust.
was voice is there can be any stream of the
data in real time - video, the multimediaThirdly, Skype has the high resourcefulness
data,  interactive  service.allowing it(him) to work even on limited
connections to the Internet. Skype it is
Commands(teams) of the report remind HTTP,focused on the broad audience of users of the
down  to  separate  details.different countries and interventions in work
of a network with the purpose to forbid VoIP
Key feature SIP is client - server opiented.for him(it) are less terrible, because it(he)
Here it is meant, that at any network of ais prepared for this. It is known, that
SIP-telephony there is a server (GateKeeper).report Skype has ability to find ways to
transfer the voice information. For example,
Report SIP is well focused for work in localif the necessary range of ports of report UDP
networks and on good Internet - channels. Butis closed (usually report Skype uses port UDP
what will take place when the Internet -40150), Skype is switched to use of free
пров&TCP-ports, down to obviously open 80 ports
amp;#1072;йде&a(HTTP), and if it is necessary, will use
mp;#1088; on what or the reasons does notconnection through HTTP-proxy. It means, that
wish, that users could carry out bellsSkype will work practically everywhere where
through SIP? For achievement of the purposeInternet  -  sites  "open".
to it "will cut" enough UDP packages with
value of port 5060 that SIP has ceased toThere are bases to consider, that Skype uses
work normally. There are ways to avoid athe modified version of the standard
similar arbitrariness, however itSIP-report. In other words, SIP was taken for
intervention in work of the report demand,a basis of report Skype and it is modified,
forcing to forget about compatibility withdue to what Skype has competitive before
the  standard  equipment.operators of a SIP-telephony - cheapness
support a user's network and ability to work
The report used Skype always was andalmost everywhere and in any conditions.
continues to remain closed from foreign



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