Re: Security Issues with Skype

["Davis, Thomas R." <tdavis () IU EDU>]

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From: The EDUCAUSE Security Discussion Group Listserv
[mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Tim Lane Sent:
Sunday, May 01, 2005 11:49 PM To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: [SECURITY] Security Issues with Skype

> just wondered if anyone has looked into and identified any Skype
> VoIP security issues, from the P2P perspective as opposed to voice
> security perspective.

There is an article[1] in the March issue of CSO magazine, written by
Simson Garfinkel, regarding Skype.  It doesn't delve too deeply into
the P2P security issues of the protocol, but it's an interesting read
for those wanting to learn more about it.

[1] http://www.csoonline.com/read/030105/machine.html

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Tom Davis, IT Security Officer, CISSP, CISM, GCIA
Office of the VP for Information Technology, Indiana University
PGP key or S/MIME certificate: https://itso.iu.edu/Tom_Davis

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