Re: [Tails-dev] Why OnionCat + Mumble - why not just Mumble?

On 08/08/2014 01:25 PM, intrigeri wrote:
>> I would assume, that documentation would say, that one of the two
>> Tails user must bite the bullet and set up a Tor Hidden Service
>> Murmur server.
>
> I'm curious: did anyone test this and confirmed that Mumble can
> actually work this way?
>

It can and should work. That is how we use Mumble on I2P, via forced
TCP mode; one person sets up a Mumble server on a standard server
tunnel, and other users connect their Mumble clients to it via
standard client tunnels.

>> Maybe I am missing something here. Would OnionCat improve
>> usability and ease the process?
>
> I'm not sure. The idea (IIRC, was long ago) was to use it to make
> things work, using UDP if needed.
>
>> Or does Mumble have a mode for serverless peer-to-peer
>> connections?
>
> Last time I checked, it didn't have any such thing.

Confirmed, it currently requires a server.

str4d