Skype protocol reverse engineered, source available

Re:Skype protocol reverse engineered, source available by VMG on Thursday June 02, 2011 @07:05AM (#2611450)

How easy is it for skype to change the protocol?

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Re:Skype protocol reverse engineered, source available by eleusive on Thursday June 02, 2011 @07:52AM (#2611548)

Not very easy if they want to maintain compatibility with existing clients (especially considering they haven't updated their linux client for years now).

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Re:Skype protocol reverse engineered, source available by neworbit on Thursday June 02, 2011 @01:27PM (#2612945)

Backwards compatibility with linux clients probably isn't the top priority of Skype now that they're being rolled into MS, but I suspect embedded deployments on handheld devices might still keep them from deprecating.

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Re:Skype protocol reverse engineered, source available by evanwolf on Thursday June 02, 2011 @08:15PM (#2614615)

Actually Skype runs large clouds of linux clients (or a version of the Linux client) as part of gateways hosted with some mobile operators. They care a great deal about keeping linux compatibility.

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Re:Skype protocol reverse engineered, source available by ysangkok on Friday June 03, 2011 @05:52AM (#2615734)

The latest Linux version is from April this year.

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