• MuppetMaster on Skype publishes security white paper

  Ah, the timing could not be more appropraite. Indeed, this entirely invalidates the so called 'security' report:

  http://forum.skype.com/viewtopic.php?t=38499

• Jan Geirnaert / Tropicaljantie on Skype publishes security white paper

  I will be waiting for a killer report written by an external independant entity, trying to prove that certain feature skype are not safe.

  I have always had trouble believing what the inhouse "independant" analyst had to say on a product.

  It's a nice report yes. It is also good public relations.

  Did somebody forgot to mention the dual.triple and so on logon feature and the fact that on the harddisk you can easily retrieve the email - address of any skype account that runned on a computer, followed by the fax that the emails with the password still get send in clear text.

  Apart from that all is perfect.

• MuppetMaster on Skype publishes security white paper

  I do not believe this report will negate concern much, as it is incomplete at best. More on this here:

  http://forum.skype.com/viewtopic.php?t=38123

• Bill Campbell on Skype publishes security white paper

  Hey Paul!

  Welcome back. I agree with you this is a very good move by Skype. About a month ago I met Kurt Skype's head of security. Another real gentleman! They need more like him in Skype.

  I thinks Tom has the 'gravitas' to carry the day. We will soon find out. There are 3 Fortune 50 companies who are waiting for this report. If they deploy Skype then Tom's report card will carry the day.

  Thanks for stopping by...

  Regards, Bill
  

• M. on Skype publishes security white paper

  Skype was and is closed source, and its security by obscurity must therefore be seen as potentially unsecure. Reliable cryptography is open source, so why doesn't Skype make its source public?

• Paul Jardine on Skype publishes security white paper

  I know they got a new President, did they also get someone intelligent woring in their marketing department!?
  This is a very good move by Skype, emphasising the security of the system will balance some of the non-standards-based criticisms. I hope Mr Berson has sufficient 'gravitas' to carry the day.
  I have always felt that the security aspects, particulary PKI, was one of Skype's stronger points, yet it was being misrepresented by many so-called experts in the IT press.

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