On Mon, 2006-04-03 at 22:17 +0200, Jacob wrote: > But I see a problem with skype's b0rken encryption (they seem to use > the same RC4 sequence twice, with a lot of known plain text bytes in > the first run, so hacking this is straight forward) and the > possibility for others to make their computer a supernode which might > route my call if I am behind a firewall. > > For more details see: > http://www.golem.de/0603/44146.html (german) > http://www.secdev.org/conf/skype_BHEU06.handout.pdf (link taken from > above document, very interesting) Yup, I've read that doc - I'm not a crypto expert so can't really comment. Oh well, I guess I have to try the AC97 mic port on the back of the card, and if that fails, the onboard Via sound. Hmm, I do have an old hub behind my DSL router, maybe I have to bypass it... Lee
