Speculation over back door in Skype

[Juha-Matti Laurio <juha-matti.laurio () netti fi>]

July is not a totally silent month related to network security news:

"According to reports, there may be a back door built into Skype, which allows connections to be bugged.
The company has declined to expressly deny the allegations. At a meeting with representatives of ISPs and the Austrian 
regulator on lawful interception of IP based services held on 25th June,
high-ranking officials at the Austrian interior ministry revealed that it is not a problem for them to listen in on 
Skype conversations.

This has been confirmed to heise online by a number of the parties present at the meeting.
Skype declined to give a detailed response to specific enquiries from heise online as to whether Skype contains a back 
door and whether specific clients allowing access to a system or a specific key for decrypting data streams exist."
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More at
http://www.heise-online.co.uk/news/Speculation-over-back-door-in-Skype--/111170

Juha-Matti
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