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Pests - Sun Feb 19, 2006 1:13 pm
Post subject: Skype and Encryption

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060217-6206.html

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The reason is that Skype uses 256-bit, industry-standard AES encryption that is nearly impossible to break without the key. The Skype privacy FAQ explains the system this way:

"Skype uses AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) - also known as Rijndael - which is also used by U.S. Government organizations to protect sensitive, information. Skype uses 256-bit encryption, which has a total of 1.1 x 1077 possible keys, in order to actively encrypt the data in each Skype call or instant message. Skype uses 1024 bit RSA to negotiate symmetric AES keys. User public keys are certified by the Skype server at login using 1536 or 2048-bit RSA certificates."

Ha, thats what you get when you have Priit on your team.

Solo Ace - Sun Feb 19, 2006 1:41 pm
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This... is pretty old news, but yeah, great.

Mr Ekted - Sun Feb 19, 2006 2:27 pm
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Why did you post this?

Cancer+ - Sun Feb 19, 2006 3:01 pm
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MAYBE IT'S PRIITK HIMSELF!!!

newb - Sun Feb 19, 2006 4:02 pm
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No.

Cancer+ - Mon Feb 20, 2006 5:08 am
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Yeah, I was just kidding.

CypherJF - Mon Feb 20, 2006 11:08 am
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This is the same junk the government complains about; within the past year they were getting on the p2p networks cases for encrypting their traffic as it would "obstruction of justice", if you began to encrypt your network traffic if you had not already (or something like that).