Re: blog about tor and skype

[Enigma <Enigma@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that. Sly16, I read somewhere Skype is
just encrypting its own protocol but not the traffic itself. Not sure
whether it's true or not. In any case Skype users rely on a closed
source protocol so no one really knows if it's secure and what else it
may or may not do. I'm not saying it's insecure but if you want to be
certain your connections are encrypted you might want to consider
using other tools or techniques for voice communication that support
open source encryption. As for voice my first idea would be VOIP and
zfone. For text based communications (IRC or something) I'd rely on Tor.

Sincerely,
Enigma

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Roger Dingledine schrieb:
>
> The problem is that Skype uses either UDP or TCP, depending on the
> situation. If it chooses TCP, Freecap will intercept it and send it
> through Tor, and for that traffic you'll get anonymity as well as
> encryption up to the point where it reaches the first Skype hop --
> after that you have to rely on whatever encryption Skype gives you (and
> as Enigma pointed out, there are some cases where Skype gives you none).
>
> Good luck,
> --Roger

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