[TriLUG] easy encrypted VoIP?

[Magnus]

Reginald Reed wrote:
> Sure you can do this.  Setup encrypted tunnels/vpn between end points,
> run asterisk on one end and connect clear inside the respective homes
> to the tunnel end-points.  If you have enough upstream bandwidth, you
> could do this for several friends and family at once, even using
> hardware devices for VPN (cheapest linksys router with OpenWRT for
> example).

This is incredibly impractical for making phone calls.  The encryption
should be built into the VoIP client, not hidden in the network layer
between two fixed points.