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An Analysis of the Skype Protocol

Posted by michael on from the past-the-firewall-nothing-but-net dept.

zib writes "Ever felt a need to peek under the hood of your Skype client? This paper (PDF) explains all the details. Among other issues, it focuses on the NAT capabilities of Skype and audio compression."

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  1. Bad start by Sanity · · Score: 5, Informative
    Skype is a peer-to-peer VoIP client developed by KaZaa...
    KaZaa isn't a company, it is a piece of software. Skype was developed by the same guys that were behind the KaZaa software, but not (to the best of my knowledge) by the company that now owns KaZaa.
  2. Windows registry? what's that? by froggero1 · · Score: 5, Funny
    Skype stores its buddy information in teh Windows Registry. Buddy list is digitally singed and encrypted.....

    Strange, I have it installed on my linux machine... and it doesn't have a windows registry... guess I dont have the capability of storing a buddy list.

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    ~/.sig: No such file or directory