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March 17, 2006

Blue Box Podcast Spring VON #1 - Phil Zimmermann interview about Zfone

Synopsis: Interview with Phil Zimmermann about his new Zfone project, the ZRTP protocol and other related topics. The interview was recorded at the Spring VON show in San Jose, California, on March 16, 2006.


Welcome a special edition of Blue Box: The VoIP Security Podcast from the floor of the Spring 2006 VON conference in San Francisco, CA. In this interview with Phil Zimmermann we talk about his Zfone project and how it has evolved since it was first announced in January (which we covered here).  Phil explains the origins of his ideas, how Zfone works, how ZRTP works and how people can get involved with the public Zfone beta program.  More information is available at http://www.philzimmermann.com/

Download the show here (MP3, 20MB) or subscribe to the RSS feed to download the show automatically.  The interview runs about 22 minutes.

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