PC69
Legend
Silver Level
WTF. Sons of bitches prob already got me and the wife on camera. There goes my nest egg. FML
pifan
PiFace
Silver Level
Who is PPL? is he famous?
V
vetteman4040
Enthusiast
Silver Level
PokerPete
RIP Logic And Sanity
Loyaler
...but only if you're silly enough to:
* connect your PC without a router
* leave the "supernode" enabled
* set it to "auto answer" and leave it running
... a supernode is used by skype users behind firewalls to route their skype calls
pifan
PiFace
Silver Level
There has been Ham in fridge for the last month HMMMM
Debi
Forum Admin
Administrator
PNJ - you know we are just messing with you.
On a serious note if you download it and want to test it out to get used to it let me know and I will be your guinea pig.
Oh no - then I will be ham and that scary fat guy will come after me for sure!
On a serious note if you download it and want to test it out to get used to it let me know and I will be your guinea pig.
Oh no - then I will be ham and that scary fat guy will come after me for sure!
Poker Orifice
FoolsTilt
Platinum Level
Well, I've seen quite a few of the MTT regs. acc'ts. have been hacked via AIM (& to a lesser degree MSN) & have heard of ZERO getting hacked via Skype & have also read on these same posts, many recommending for them to switch to Skype. (not just 'recommending'.. but dumbfounded as to why they hadn't already).
I'm pretty much puter illiterate... but go by what I read on forums similiar to this one. Seemed like a no-brainer to me.
arahel_jazz
Unbalanced and Committed
Silver Level
As in all things, it depends on your perception of "safe".
I just took a network analysis class where we did a bit of in-depth talking about Skype. One of the interesting things to note is that it was developed by the same folks that brought Kazaa peer-to-peer music file sharing. Once they got smacked by the RIAA, they decided to "enhance" the same technology and use it for voice and video peer-to-peer connections.
Some things to note: Although the voice and video traffic is encrypted from end-to-end and does a "port hopping" algorithm (makes it harder to firewall it), your particular Skype session may traverse two to four computers between your source and destination. Skype makes use of "SuperNodes" to route traffic through the peer-to-peer cloud. Not that it is a bad thing, it just means you should be aware of it.
Two things to do with Skype - Never accept an unkown solicitation to connect (like never open an attachment from someone you don't know). and Two, go into the advanced properties and uncheck the port 80 and 443 connection option. This will prevent you from being a supernode if you are a heavy Skype user and have a high bandwith, unfirewalled connection to the Internet.
Use at your own risk.
Oh yeah - PC -would you PLEASE turn off your webcam!!!! I don't want to see ANY part of your naked body... (hint: Christmas pics - lol)
I just took a network analysis class where we did a bit of in-depth talking about Skype. One of the interesting things to note is that it was developed by the same folks that brought Kazaa peer-to-peer music file sharing. Once they got smacked by the RIAA, they decided to "enhance" the same technology and use it for voice and video peer-to-peer connections.
Some things to note: Although the voice and video traffic is encrypted from end-to-end and does a "port hopping" algorithm (makes it harder to firewall it), your particular Skype session may traverse two to four computers between your source and destination. Skype makes use of "SuperNodes" to route traffic through the peer-to-peer cloud. Not that it is a bad thing, it just means you should be aware of it.
Two things to do with Skype - Never accept an unkown solicitation to connect (like never open an attachment from someone you don't know). and Two, go into the advanced properties and uncheck the port 80 and 443 connection option. This will prevent you from being a supernode if you are a heavy Skype user and have a high bandwith, unfirewalled connection to the Internet.
Use at your own risk.
Oh yeah - PC -would you PLEASE turn off your webcam!!!! I don't want to see ANY part of your naked body... (hint: Christmas pics - lol)