[ale] Skype on Linux

Mon Jun 18 16:15:30 EDT 2012

hash collision my A$$!

On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 4:15 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> um, duh!
>
> What's the easiest way to get a working Microsoft software installation
> certificate created for your new cool weapon? Ask an employee on the
> payroll to sign your self-generated one.
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 4:09 PM, Robert L. Harris <
> robert.l.harris at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/security/375169/could-us-cyberspies-have-moles-inside-microsoft
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 7:54 AM, JD <jdp at algoloma.com> wrote:
>>
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>> > Security concerns noted and appreciated.  While I understand where
>>> you're coming
>>> > from, (and each user is different), I don't use Skype for sensitive
>>> comms.
>>> > Mainly business stuff between colleagues (and Skype is the standard
>>> where I
>>> > work, so I more or less have to use it for that), and talks to my
>>> family about
>>> > dull family stuff when I'm away from the house.
>>> >
>>> > Given that Skype's data goes through a (large?) number of different
>>> routers,
>>> > networks, and such before and after it hits Skype's/MS' servers,
>>> worrying about
>>> > MS specifically recording my calls is actually the least of any
>>> worries I'd have
>>> > (if I had any to begin with).
>>> >
>>> > In short, I'm less concerned about THAT attack vector on my calling
>>> since I
>>> > believe there are so many other easier ones*.  And the NSA has  all my
>>> data already.
>>> >
>>>
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>> Main points about using Skype now that MS owns them was concern over
>>> good Linux
>>> platform support.  In my use of SisToSip, I learned that most businesses
>>> using it
>>> * setup skype on Linux servers
>>> * used an old, now unavailable, version of Skype for the best sound and
>>> stability - v2.0.0.72 (I believe, but this is from memory)
>>> * were extremely concerned that MS would introduce incompatibilities so
>>> their 3+
>>> yr old version that doesn't crash and doesn't need to be rebooted
>>> weekly/daily
>>> no longer worked
>>>
>>> In my months of using it inside a VM, I ended up having to automatically
>>> restart
>>> skype daily so it didn't crash and inbound calls would ring. I also had
>>> it setup
>>> to send and receive normal POTS telephone calls. Picking up any regular
>>> handset
>>> in my home and using the dialpad to make calls worked ... once I started
>>> the
>>> daily reboot and if there wasn't a Skype system-wide outage. Early on it
>>> was
>>> often frustrating when the first inbound/outbound call of a day failed
>>> until I
>>> killed Skype on the server and restarted it.
>>>
>>> I haven't used Skype much the last year, so perhaps it is better?
>>>
>>> As to whether MS can or will be able to record skype calls ... if they
>>> have a
>>> court order and I'm inside the USA, then I don't have any issue. Of
>>> course, I
>>> have an expectation of privacy in any form of communication, especially
>>> voice,
>>> regardless of the actual technology employed.
>>>
>>> It is when they do it as a favor for any government anywhere or just for
>>> fun,
>>> that I'm concerned. I haven't read the methods proposed to record calls
>>> by MS. I
>>> thought that if one side of the skype call had an open inbound port,
>>> then no
>>> "supernode" was involved in the call, so no 3rd party would be needed
>>> after the
>>> initial "what is your IP" was determined. I thought that opening an
>>> inbound port
>>> for skype turned the system into a supernode for others to leverage, so
>>> this
>>> isn't a perfect solution. Seems that recording would need to happen on
>>> one of
>>> the systems involved in the call and transmitted to a remote system.
>>>
>>> I also read that a team had reverse engineered the Skype encryption and
>>> released
>>> the code
>>>
>>> http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Skype-s-encryption-procedure-partly-exposed-1034577.html
>>> . That doesn't mean the encryption has been cracked.
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>>
>>
>> --
>> :wq!
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Robert L. Harris
>>
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