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Re:Skype replaces P2P supernodes with Linux boxes hosted by ... by pbreit on Tuesday May 01, 2012 @06:29PM (#3916655)
Aren't Skype supernodes more like DNS? Just telling the two parties how to connect with each other and then getting out of the middle?
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Re:Skype replaces P2P supernodes with Linux boxes hosted by ... by akuzi on Tuesday May 01, 2012 @08:35PM (#3917045)
Supernodes also have the ability to relay the VoIP traffic if the callers cannot form a P2p connection. More info here http://saikat.guha.cc/pub/iptps06-skype/

It would be a small change to the supernode logic to enable relaying of calls for wiretap requests.

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