more on Lauren Weinstein's Blog Update: Public Call for Skype to Release Specifications

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Richard Shockey <richard () shockey us>
Date: September 12, 2005 4:53:39 PM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Cc: Ip Ip <ip () v2 listbox com>
Subject: Re: [IP] Lauren Weinstein's Blog Update: Public Call for  
Skype to Release Specifications




Frankly I simply do not agree with this Public Call for Skype to  
release its specifications. Why bother?

Skype and Ebay are private companies and there is no particular  
reason they should have to disclose the security  technology they are  
using if they dont want to.

The answer to Lauren concerns is simple ..dont use Skype. If you are  
looking for good peer to peer VoIP technology, just hold on, there  
are several new options underdevelopment using SIP or IETF RFC 3261.

http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~library/TR-repository/reports/ 
reports-2004/cucs-044-04.pdf

Next week's Pulver VON conference should have several new  
announcements in this area.

One promising implementation is

http://www.damaka.com/

I do , however, congratulate the Skype people for selling out at the  
top of the market just as a flood of better competitors come on the  
market.

VoIP is not rocket science is becoming another rather trivial  
application on the Internet.


>  Lauren Weinstein's Blog Update: Public Call for Skype to Release   
> Specifications
>
>                            September 12, 2005
>
> Greetings.  As I noted in <a
> href="http://lists.elistx.com/archives/interesting-people/200509/ 
> msg001
> 22.html">a recent IP posting</a>, eBay's purchase of the popular
> <i>Skype</i> VoIP service (now official) leads to new concerns over  
> the
> proprietary nature of Skype's security and encryption systems, which
> will now be under the control of an extremely large and powerful
> corporate entity.
>
> For eBay and Skype to have a chance of maintaining the goodwill and
> trust of Skype users, I call on Skype to forthwith release the
> specifications and implementation details of Skype's encryption and
> related technologies.
>
> This disclosure should ideally be made to the public, but at a minimum
> to an independent panel of respected security, privacy, and encryption
> experts, who can rigorously vet the Skype technology and make a public
> report regarding its security, reliability, and associated issues.


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