[dave at farber.net: [IP] Internet phone wiretapping ("Psst! The FBI is Having Trouble on the Line", Aug. 15)]

[Eugen Leitl]

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
:)

It is snake oil until proven otherwise.

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