Dear Maemoers,
I forward you Páli Rohár’s reponse to my question which follows his response to my initial question to our mailing list. I have forgotten to send a copy so I do it afterward.
Pavel Řezníček
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Od Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@xxxxxxxxx>
Odesláno Út 10. duben 2012, 16:12:04 CEST
Komu Pavel Řezníček <cigydd@xxxxxxxxx>
Předmět Re: Skype connectivity
> On Tuesday 10 April 2012 14:55:42 you wrote:
> > Hello Pali,
> >
> > this is weird.
> > My Wi-Fi network is broadcast by my own router. The router is
> > connected to a Cable DSL modem. I have at least one PC running
> > the Skype for Linux binary and it’s connected all the time.
> > What are the old Skype supernodes exactly? Is it possible for
> > me to write e. g. a Python script to test the Skype
> > connectivity on my N900?
>
> Hi! the first problem with skype is that it is closed and nobody
> know how working internally. So it is not possible to debug it or
> getting support from Skype Inc. So there is no program/script for
> testing skype connectivity. Also Nokia and Skype Inc too ignore
> some old devices (like N900) and they do not care about it...
>
> Skype protocol is changing in the time and old skype version
> cannot connect to supernodes where users upgraded Skype binary.
> But this is only my idea where can be problem...
>
> You can read more about decrypted skype protocol and binary in
> blog: http://skype-open-source.blogspot.com/
>
> Developers had problem that old windows version stopped working
> due to that old version cannot connect to supernodes where is
> running new version. So I thought that you can have similar
> problem... (e.g. skype in your n900 does not see any supernodes
> where is running compatible skype client).
>
> --
> Pali Rohár
> pali.rohar@xxxxxxxxx
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