Yeah, VirtualBox is nice, but still:
* Networking with VMware seems to be easier if you want to run a server as guest, rather than a desktop system. Installing a server as guest with VirtualBox requires some jumping-through-hoops to be able to log in. With VMWare it just works.
* I installed OpenSolaris first under VirtualBox (Ubuntu 8.04 host) and for some reason, it continued to max out my CPU, even when there was no activcity. No such problems with VMware.
What, like if the source code is open, then that will prevent backdoors ? Erm hello, the client software isn't the problem, it's the network of Skype servers the bloody data passes through that is the weak point in the equation.
If the client is open (both ends of it) you can add end-to-end encryption to the conversation, which ensures that nobody can listen to anything, no matter how compromised the nodes in-between are.
You use a key-exchange protocol, such as DH, which can establish a shared key even while being snooped on. Since the implementation in the client is open source, we can ensure that this is done correctly.
Once that is done, you use this to encrypt the voice/video data with that new shared key. No man-in-the-middle attack is possible anymore.
Sure, they might still record who talked to whom and when, but the conversation itself at least is secure.
There is no open alternative that is equivalent. This article here [ http://www.geekzone.co.nz/foobar/5472 ] lists what an open alternative has to offer to be viable. So far, there is nothing, though. It seems that the open source community has all that is needed in place, it just has not been brought together in one package yet.
Yeah, so? There is much more business to be had in a large country like China. We wouldn't want to screw up our revenue streams there, right?
Sweden is such a small market, Google is unlikely to face sanctions from the Swedish government for it (blocking, filtering), and Swedish consumers can click on ads even if they were served from servers located in other countries.
It's easy to "take a stand for freedom" if you literally have no money riding on it at all...
Do no evil (as long as it's convenient).
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Yeah, VirtualBox is nice, but still: * Networking with VMware seems to be easier if you want to run a server as guest, rather than a desktop system. Installing a server as guest with VirtualBox requires some jumping-through-hoops to be able to log in. With VMWare it just works. * I installed OpenSolaris first under VirtualBox (Ubuntu 8.04 host) and for some reason, it continued to max out my CPU, even when there was no activcity. No such problems with VMware.
What, like if the source code is open, then that will prevent backdoors ? Erm hello, the client software isn't the problem, it's the network of Skype servers the bloody data passes through that is the weak point in the equation.
If the client is open (both ends of it) you can add end-to-end encryption to the conversation, which ensures that nobody can listen to anything, no matter how compromised the nodes in-between are. You use a key-exchange protocol, such as DH, which can establish a shared key even while being snooped on. Since the implementation in the client is open source, we can ensure that this is done correctly. Once that is done, you use this to encrypt the voice/video data with that new shared key. No man-in-the-middle attack is possible anymore. Sure, they might still record who talked to whom and when, but the conversation itself at least is secure.
There is no open alternative that is equivalent. This article here [ http://www.geekzone.co.nz/foobar/5472 ] lists what an open alternative has to offer to be viable. So far, there is nothing, though. It seems that the open source community has all that is needed in place, it just has not been brought together in one package yet.
Yeah, so? There is much more business to be had in a large country like China. We wouldn't want to screw up our revenue streams there, right? Sweden is such a small market, Google is unlikely to face sanctions from the Swedish government for it (blocking, filtering), and Swedish consumers can click on ads even if they were served from servers located in other countries. It's easy to "take a stand for freedom" if you literally have no money riding on it at all... Do no evil (as long as it's convenient).