Skype 2.5 ’stealth’ hacked
p2p news / p2pnet: The latest Skype client, Beta 2.5, was coded up, “to make it more difficult to target and eliminate Skype traffic on corporate networks,” says p2p filter firm Ipoque.
But, quoted in VoIP News, Ipoque says it was able to detect and block Skype traffic, “within three days of the new release”.
“According to a statement issued by the company, with the May 3 release Skype [owned by eBay] tried to improve the stealth capabilities of the IP telephony traffic by making changes to the protocol, requiring changes to its traffic management software,” says the story, adding.
“Apart from the potential security risks involved in Skype usage on corporatenetworks, some network administrators are concerned that Skype can substantially increase the traffic volume and potentially infringe national legislation on traffic surveillance and interception, explains Ipoque.”
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VoIP News – Ipoque Changes Software To Block New Skype, May 17, 2006
May 17th, 2006 at 4:26 pm
The question is how long will it take until Skype releases the next version which might make detection even more difficult. Kind of an arms race, I guess.