Skype Protocol Cracked
Filed in: Security, Technology, VoIP — July 14th, 2006
According to VoIPWiki, Skype protocol has been cracked by a China company. A working Skype compatible client has been created as well.
Today I received a call through Skype from a friend at a company in China, except (that) he told me he was not using Skype to call me. His company has successfully reverse engineered the Skype protocol and he wanted to call me in the United States to see how it worked between physically distant IP addresses. We talked for a little over nine minutes before the call dropped. Then I called him back using my Skype and we spoke for another three minutes.
[Read Skype Protocol Has Been Cracked]
My two cents
Definitely not a good news for Skype, but Skype would not let anyone release a compatible Skype client. I think Skype will update their protocol soon.
