Re: How to pentest Skype?

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Google for 'skype blackhat'

Blackhat had an excellent presentation on the security of skype.  "Silver Needle in the Skype"

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On Thu, May 18, 2006 at 10:16:54AM +0200, 4secure () web de wrote:
> Hello friends!
>
> I ask myself, how I can check the security of Skype?
> Unfortunately, with my searches on the Internet I could bring only very little  in experience about the technology 
> behind Skype. Does somebody of you have experience with this? Where can I receive more information?
> Where, e.g., does the end to end encryption stop with SkypeOut? Where does it start with SkypeIn?
> My information mainly bases from the Skype homepage and wikipedia.org (incl. the references given there). I would be 
> grateful for some information!
>
> - Istvan

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