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Re: [privacy] Skype 2.5 Proves Harder to Block
From: "Dude VanWinkle" <dudevanwinkle () gmail com>
Date: Fri, 5 May 2006 14:53:18 -0400
On 5/5/06, Fergie <fergdawg () netzero net> wrote:
And this is a problem because....?
Because it has remotely exploitable flaws that come with their own hard-to-block/detect encrypted control path... ...or were you joking? -JP<who is missing his sense of humor today> Personally, I see it
as a Good Thing (tm). I presume that this would also make wiretapping a bit more difficult. ;-) Via TechWorld. [snip] The latest beta version of Skype has been well received by enthusiasts, but one important new feature has so far been ignored - the programme is now much harder to block. The development signals another round in the small but fierce war between Skype's designers, and the growing band of security companies that sell products to block the software on corporate networks. According to iPoque, a German company that ranks as one of only a tiny number that claim to stop Skype using traffic analysis, the beta of version 2.5 had been overhauled in important ways by its designers to make detection more difficult. [snip] More: http://www.techworld.com/news/index.cfm?NewsID=5946 - ferg -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg () netzero net or fergdawg () sbcglobal net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ privacy mailing list privacy () whitestar linuxbox org http://www.whitestar.linuxbox.org/mailman/listinfo/privacy
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- [privacy] Skype 2.5 Proves Harder to Block Fergie (May 05)
- Re: [privacy] Skype 2.5 Proves Harder to Block Greg Poirier (May 05)
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- Re: [privacy] Skype 2.5 Proves Harder to Block daniel uriah clemens (May 05)
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