How to intercept Skype calls

Re:How to intercept Skype calls by eru on Friday May 27, 2011 @05:46AM (#2590948)

A pretty clever attack. I wonder what the Skype people will do about it. (It seems like any algorithm that has e.g. a variable transmission rate will be relatively easy to attack.)

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:How to intercept Skype calls by tomp on Friday May 27, 2011 @07:14PM (#2593401)

> It seems like any algorithm that has e.g. a variable transmission rate will be relatively easy to attack.

Not really, just make the variability of bandwidth not depend on the amount of data that's being transmitted... i.e., add a stochastic factor to it (random). If there's enough noise, you probably shouldn't be able to decipher the words spoken.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:How to intercept Skype calls by by on Friday May 27, 2011 @05:56AM (#2590959)

It's called traffic analysis

https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Traffic_analy...

[ Parent | on HN ]