On Thu, Sep 08, 2005 at 05:31:32AM +0100, Dave Howe wrote:
Don't really need one. the Skype concept of "supernodes" - users that relay conversations for other users - could be used just as simply, and is
What hinders Mallory from running most of supernodes?
Starbucks-compatable. If the feds had to try and monitor traffic for every VoIP user that could potentially be used as a relay (*and* prove that any outbound traffic from their target wasn't relayed traffic from another user) life would get much harder for them much faster. Plus of course some sort of assurance that skype's crypto isn't snakeoil :)
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