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{{Skype Limited}}
'''[[Skype]]''' is a [[Voice over Internet Protocol]] (VoIP) system developed by Skype Technologies S.A. It is a [[peer-to-peer]] network in which voice calls pass over the Internet rather than through a special purpose network. Skype users search for other users to connect to, enabling them to search for other Skype users and send them messages.
 
Skype uses 256 [[bit]] [[Advanced Encryption Standard|AES]] encryption to encrypt communication{{dubious|date=June 2013}} between users,<ref>http://www.ossir.org/windows/supports/2005/2005-11-07/EADS-CCR_Fabrice_Skype.pdf</ref><ref>[http://support.skype.com/faq/FA145/What-type-of-encryption-is-used?frompage=search&q=encryption ]{{dead link|date=October 2013}}</ref> complicating the decryption of these communications.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnss.gov/Assets/pdf/cnssp_15_fs.pdf |title=National Policy on the Use of the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) to Protect National Security Systems and National Security Information |author=Lynn Hathaway |date=June 2003  |format=PDF |accessdate=2008-11-02 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20080528105849/http://www.cnss.gov/Assets/pdf/cnssp_15_fs.pdf |archivedate = 2008-05-28}}</ref> Skype's encryption is inherent in the [[Skype Protocol]] and is transparent to callers. Skype is not considered to be a secure VoIP system and the calls made over the network are routinely monitored by Microsoft and by Government agencies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/11/microsoft-nsa-collaboration-user-data|publisher=The Guardian}}</ref>
 
== Security policy ==
 
The company's security policy includes:
 
#Usernames are unique.
#Callers must present a username and password or other authentication credential.
#Each caller provides the other with proof of identity and privileges whenever a session is established. Each verifies the other’s proof before the session is allowed to carry messages.
#Messages transmitted are encrypted from caller to caller.{{dubious|date=June 2013}} No intermediate node ([[router (computing)|router]]) has access to the meaning of these messages. This claim has been undermined in May 2013 by evidence that Microsoft (owner of Skype) has pinged unique URL's embedded in a Skype conversation;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/05/22/microsofts-reading-skype-messages/|title=Microsoft is reading Skype messages}}</ref> this could only happen if Microsoft has access to the unencrypted form of these messages.
 
== Implementation and protocols ==
 
=== Registration ===
Skype holds registration information both on the caller's computer and on a Skype server. Skype uses this information to authenticate call recipients and to assure that callers seeking authentication are accessing a Skype server rather than an impostor. Skype uses [[public key encryption]] as defined by [[RSA (algorithm)|RSA]] to accomplish this.
 
The Skype server has a private key, and distributes that key's public counterpart with every copy of the software. As part of user registration, the user selects a desired username and password. Skype locally generates public and private keys. The private key and a hash of the password are stored on the user's computer.
 
Then a 256-bit [[Advanced Encryption Standard|AES]]-encrypted session is established with the Skype server. The client creates a ''session key'' using its [[random number generator]].
 
The Skype server verifies that the selected username is unique and that follows Skype's naming rules. The server stores the username and a hash of the hash of the user's password <math>[H(H(P))]</math> in its database.
 
The server now forms and signs an identity certificate for the username that binds the username, its verification key and the key identifier.
 
=== Peer-to-peer key agreement ===
For each call, Skype creates a session with a 256-bit session key. This session exists as long as communication continues and for a fixed time afterward. As part of connecting a call, Skype securely transmits the session key to the call recipient. That session key is then used to encrypt messages in both directions.
 
=== Session cryptography ===
All traffic in a session is encrypted using the [[Advanced Encryption Standard|AES]] algorithm running in [[Counter mode|Integer Counter Mode]] (ICM). Skype encrypts the current counter and a [[Salt (cryptography)|salt]] with the session key using the 256 bit AES [[algorithm]]. This returns the key stream, which is then [[XOR]]ed with the message content. This produces encrypted ciphertext, which is then transmitted to the recipient. Skype sessions contain multiple streams. The ICM counter depends on the stream, and the location within the stream.
 
=== Random number generation ===
Skype uses random numbers for several cryptographic purposes, for instance as a protection against playback attacks, creation of [[RSA (algorithm)|RSA]] key pairs, and creation of [[Advanced Encryption Standard|AES]] key-halves for content encryption. The security of a Skype [[peer-to-peer]] session depends significantly on the quality of the random numbers generated by both ends of the Skype session. Random number generation varies by operating system.<ref>[http://www1.cs.columbia.edu/~salman/skype/skype2.pdf Vanilla Skype an overview of skype clients and protocols]</ref>
 
=== Cryptographic primitives ===
Skype uses standard cryptographic primitives to achieve its security goals. The cryptographic primitives used in Skype are: the [[Advanced Encryption Standard|AES]] block cipher, the [[RSA (algorithm)|RSA]] public-key cryptosystem, the [[International Organization for Standardization|ISO]] 9796-2 signature padding scheme, the [[SHA-1]] hash function, and the [[RC4]] stream cipher.
 
=== Key agreement protocol ===
Key-agreement is achieved using a proprietary, symmetric protocol. To protect against a playback attack, the peers challenge each other with random 64-bit [[Cryptographic nonce|nonces]]. The challenge response is to customize the challenge in a proprietary way and returned it signed with the responder’s private key.
 
The peers exchange Identity Certificates and confirm that these certificates are legitimate. Because an Identity Certificate contains a public key, each end can then confirm signatures created by the other peer. Each peer contributes 128 random bits to the 256-bit session key.
 
=== Automatic updates ===
Another security risk are automatic updates, which '''cannot be disabled''' from version 5.6 on,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.skype.com/garage/2012/03/skype_56_for_mac.html|title=Skype 5.6 for Mac}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url= http://community.skype.com/t5/Windows/I-want-to-turn-off-automatic-updates/td-p/51134/highlight/true |title=I want to turn off automatic updates}}</ref> both on Mac OS and Windows branches, although in the latter, and only from version 5.9 on, automatic updating can be turned off in certain cases.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://blogs.skype.com/garage/2012/04/skype_59_for_windows.html |title=Skype 5.9 for Windows}}</ref>
 
== Eavesdropping by design ==
Chinese, Russian and United States law enforcement agencies have the ability to eavesdrop on Skype conversations, as well as have access to Skype users geographic locations. In many cases, simple request for information is sufficient, and no court approval is needed. This ability was deliberately added by Microsoft after Skype purchase in 2011 for the law enforcement agencies around the world. This is implemented through switching the Skype client for a particular user account from the client side encryption to the server side encryption, allowing dissemination of an unencrypted data stream. <ref>[http://www.vedomosti.ru/politics/news/10030771/skype_proslushivayut Russian law enforcement has been granted the ability to eavesdrop on Skype conversations. (In Russian)]</ref>
 
== Flaws and potential flaws ==
While Skype encrypts users' sessions, other traffic including call initiation can be monitored by unauthorized parties.
 
The other side of security is whether Skype imposes risk on its users' computers and networks. In October 2005 a pair of security flaws were discovered and patched. Those flaws made it possible for hackers to run hostile code on computers running vulnerable versions of Skype. The first security bug affected only [[Microsoft Windows]] computers. It allowed the attacker to use a [[buffer overflow]] to crash the system or to force it to execute arbitrary code. The attacker could provide a malformed [[URL]] using the Skype [[URI]] format, and lure the user to request it to execute the attack. The second security bug affected all platforms; it used a [[Dynamic memory allocation|heap]]-based buffer overflow to make the system vulnerable.
<!--The Skype code is [[proprietary software|proprietary]] and [[closed source]], and it is not planned to become [[open-source software]], according to one of Skype's co-founders:
{{quotation|"We could do it but only if we re-engineered the way it works and we don't have the time right now."|Niklas Zennström, co-founder of Skype, responding to the Skype security model<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/06/15/voip_and_skype/page3.html | title=VoIP suffers identity crisis | date=June 15, 2004 | publisher=The Register}}</ref>}}---How is this relevant to security? See below for peer review issue.-->
 
* 13 November 2012, a Russian user published a flaw in Skype security which allowed any non-professional attacker to take over a Skype account knowing only the victim's email using 7 simple steps.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.geek.com/articles/geek-pick/skype-accounts-can-be-hacked-with-an-email-address-20121114/ |title=Skype accounts can be hacked with an email address}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://habrahabr.ru/post/158545/ |title=Уязвимость в skype, позволяющая угнать любой аккаунт}}</ref> This vulnerability was claimed to exist for months, and existed for more than 12 hours since it was published widely.
 
*By default, Skype also records data about calls (but not the message contents) in a "History" file saved on the user's computer. Attackers who gain access to the computer can obtain the file.<ref>[[Simson Garfinkel]] - [[VoIP]] and Skype Security</ref>
 
* Skype can consume other users' bandwidth. Although this is documented in the license agreement ([[EULA]]), there is no way to tell how much bandwidth is being used in this manner.<ref name=max2006/>
 
* There are some 20,000 [[supernode (networking)|supernode]]s out of many millions of users logged on. Skype Guide for network administrators claims that supernodes carry only control traffic up to 10 [[kilobyte|kB]]/s and relays may carry other user data traffic up to 15 kB/s (for one audio conference call). A relay should not normally handle more than one "relayed connection".<ref name=max2006>{{cite web | url=http://www.amazon.com/dp/032140940X/ | title=Skype: The Definitive Guide | first=Harry |last=Max |publisher=Que Publishing |accessdate=2006-08-22}}</ref><ref>
{{cite web | url=http://kirils.org/skype/stuff/pdf/2006/guide-for-network-admins-30beta.pdf | title=Guide for network admins }}</ref>
 
* Skype's file-transfer function does not integrate with any [[antivirus]] products, although Skype claims to have tested its product against antivirus "Shield" products.<ref name=max2006/>
 
* Skype does not document all communication activities. This lack of clarity as to content means that systems administrators cannot be sure what it is doing. (The combination of an invited and a reverse-engineered study taken together suggest Skype is not doing anything hostile){{cn|date=January 2013}}. Skype can be easily blocked by [[Firewall (computing)|firewalls]].<ref name=max2006/>
 
* Skype consumes network bandwidth, even when idle (even for non-supernodes, e.g., for [[NAT traversal]]). For example, if there were only 3 Skype users in the world and 2 were communicating, the 3rd computer would be taxed to support the application, even if not using Skype at the time. The large number of Skype computers means that this activity is diffuse, it can lead to performance issues on standby Skype users, and presents a conduit for security breaches.<ref>This is similar to the type of granted access that the [[SETI]] download applications presented.</ref><ref name=pbfd>{{cite web | url=http://www.blackhat.com/presentations/bh-europe-06/bh-eu-06-biondi/bh-eu-06-biondi-up.pdf | title=Silver Needle in the Skype | first1=Philippe |last1=Biondi |first2=Fabrice |last2=DESCLAUX | publisher=blackhat | accessdate=2006-03-02 }}</ref>
 
* Skype implicitly trusts any message stream that obeys its protocols<ref name=pbfd/>
 
* Skype does not prohibit a parallel Skype-like network<ref name=pbfd/>
 
* Skype makes it hard to enforce a corporate security policy<!--how?--><ref name=pbfd/>
 
* Lack of [[peer review]] prohibits external security code verification.<ref name=pbfd/>
 
* Skype creates a file called 1.com in the temp directory which is capable of reading all BIOS data from a PC.<ref>
pagetable.com » Blog Archive » [http://www.pagetable.com/?p=27 Skype Reads Your BIOS and Motherboard Serial Number]</ref> According to Skype this is used to identify computers and provide [[Digital Rights Management|DRM]] protection for plug-ins.<ref>
Skype Security Blog - [http://share.skype.com/sites/security/2007/02/skype_extras_plugin_manager.html Skype Extras plug-in manager]</ref><ref>
The Register » [http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/02/11/skype_bios_snoop/ Skype snoop agent reads mobo serial numbers]</ref>
 
* The URI handler that checks URLs for verification of certain file extensions and file formats uses case sensitive comparison techniques and doesn’t check all potential file formats.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/vulnerabilities-in-skype| title=Vulnerabilities in Skype | accessdate=2008-01-17 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Claburn |first=Thomas |url=http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=205901683 |title=Skype Addresses Cross-Zone Scripting Vulnerability - Security |publisher=InformationWeek |date= |accessdate=2010-06-09}}</ref>
 
* While Skype does encrypt most of its communications, packets containing advertisements are unencrypted which are pulled from several places, exposing a [[cross-site scripting]] vulnerability. These ads can easily be hijacked and replaced with malicious data.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:3Pdv83un9rAJ:www.skype.com/intl/ru/security/skype-sb-2008-003/+Skype+File+URI+Security+Bypass+Code+Execution+Vulnerability%22.&hl=en |title=Skype File URI Security Bypass Code Execution Vulnerability |publisher=Skype.com |date= |accessdate=2010-06-09}}</ref>
 
* The privacy of Skype traffic may have limits. Although Skype encrypts communication between users, a Skype spokesman did not deny the company's ability to intercept the communication. On the question of whether Skype could listen in on their users' communication, Kurt Sauer, head of the security division of Skype, replied evasively: "We provide a secure means of communication. I will not say if we are listening in or not."<ref>
ZDNet: [http://www.zdnet.de/mobile/voip/0,39029944,39151472-1,00.htm ''Interview with Kurt Sauer „Telefonieren übers Internet: Wie sicher ist Skype wirklich?“''], February 13, 2007</ref> In China text is filtered according to government requirements. This suggests that Skype has the capacity to eavesdrop on connections.<ref>guli.com: [http://www.gulli.com/news/auch-skype-blockt-jetzt-2006-04-19/ ''Textfilter in China''], 19. April 2006</ref> One of Skype's minority owners, [[eBay]], has divulged user information to the U.S. government.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/25199/ |title=heise online - eBays neue Richtlinien in der Kritik |publisher=Heise.de |date= |accessdate=2010-06-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intern.de/news/neue--meldungen/--200711232857.html |title=Skype-Gespräche unantastbar? |publisher=intern.de |date=2007-11-23 |accessdate=2010-06-09}}</ref>
 
* Security researchers Biondi and Desclaux have speculated that Skype may have a [[Backdoor (computing)|back door]], since Skype sends traffic even when it is turned off and because Skype has taken extreme measures to obfuscate their traffic and functioning of their program.<ref>{{cite web
| author=Biondi P., Desclaux F
| url=http://www.blackhat.com/presentations/bh-europe-06/bh-eu-06-biondi/bh-eu-06-biondi-up.pdf
| title=Silver Needle in the Skype
| publisher=EADS Corporate Research Center
| date=2 March 2006 to 3 March 2006
| accessdate=26 January 2009
}}</ref>  Several media sources have reported that at a meeting about the "Lawful interception of IP based services" held on 25 June 2008, high-ranking but not named officials at the Austrian interior ministry said that they could listen in on Skype conversations without problems. Austrian public broadcasting service [[Österreichischer Rundfunk|ORF]], citing minutes from the meeting, have reported that "the Austrian police are able to listen in on Skype connections".<ref>{{cite web
| last=Sokolov
| first=David AJ
| url=http://www.h-online.com/security/Speculation-over-back-door-in-Skype--/news/111170
| title=Speculation over back door in Skype
| publisher=Heise Security UK
| date=24 July 2008
| accessdate=26 January 2009
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
| last=Leyde
| first=John
| url=http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/25/skype_backdoor_rumours/
| title=Austrian official fuels Skype backdoor rumours
| publisher=The Register UK
| date=24 July 2008
| accessdate=29 January 2009
}}</ref> Skype declined to comment on the reports.<ref>{{cite web
| last=Vilde
| first=Boris
| url=http://www.ohmproject.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=65&Itemid=28
| title=Skype Has Back Door for Cops' Eavesdropping
| publisher=Ohmproject
| date=27 July 2008
| accessdate=29 January 2009
}}</ref>
 
* The Skype client for Mac has been observed accessing protected information in the system Address Book even when integration with the Address Book (on by default) is disabled in the Skype preferences. Users may see a warning about Skype.app attempting to access protected information in address book under certain conditions, e.g. launching Skype while syncing with a mobile device. Skype has no legitimate reason to access the Address Book if the integration is not enabled. Further, the extent of the integration is to add all cards from the Address Book to the list of Skype contacts along with their phone numbers, which can be accomplished without accessing any protected information (neither the name nor numbers on cards are protected) and thus the attempt to access information beyond the scope of the integration, regardless of whether or not that integration is enabled, raises deeper questions as to possible spying on users.
 
* The United States [[Federal Communications Commission]] (FCC) has interpreted the [[Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act]] (CALEA) as requiring digital phone networks to allow [[wiretapping]] if authorized by an FBI warrant, in the same way as other phone services.  In February 2009 Skype said that, not being a telephone company owning phone lines, it is exempt from CALEA and similar laws which regulate US phone companies, and in fact it is not clear whether Skype could support wiretapping even  if it wanted to.<ref name=voipnews>{{cite web|url=http://www.voip-news.com/feature/skype-secrecy-attack-022409 |title=Skype Secrecy Under Attack Again |publisher=VoIP News |date=2009-02-24 |accessdate=2010-10-10}}</ref> According to the [[ACLU]], the Act is inconsistent with the original intent of the [[Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution]];<ref name="ACLU 1999">{{cite web|url=http://www.aclu.org/privacy/spying/15440pub19980301.html|title=Big Brother in the Wires: Wiretapping in the Digital Age|publisher=[[ACLU]]|accessdate=23 March 2009}}</ref> more recently, the ACLU has expressed the concern that the FCC interpretation of the Act is incorrect.<ref name="ACLU/FCC">{{cite web|url=http://www.aclu.org/privacy/gen/20223res20050912.html|title=CALEA feature page|publisher=[[ACLU]]|accessdate=23 March 2009}}</ref><ref name="techdirt1">{{cite web|url=http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080918/0208152302.shtml |title=German Authorities Raiding Homes To Find Skype Tapping Whistleblower |publisher=Techdirt |date=18 September 2008 |accessdate=31 March 2009}}</ref>
 
== References ==
{{reflist|colwidth=30em}}
 
== External links ==
* [http://www.secdev.org/conf/skype_BHEU06.handout.pdf Silver Needle in the Skype] &nbsp;— Philippe Biondi
* [http://skypetips.internetvisitation.org/files/VoIP%20and%20Skype.pdf VoIP and Skype Security] &nbsp;— [[Simson Garfinkel]]
* [http://www.anagram.com/berson/skyeval.pdf Skype Security Evaluation] &nbsp;— Tom Berson
* [http://www.skype.com/en/security/ Skype security resource center]
 
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Based on Kelvin, other agents may also make use of your agent's listings. "If your pricing is on the excessive aspect, these brokers may use your house to persuade their patrons why Http://Trafficstooges.Com/Singapore-Property-Condominium they should purchase another residence." To counter this, Kelvin says it is crucial for your agent to supply a current market analysis before putting up your private home for sale. "This helps you worth your property appropriately and realistically." When property is made accessible (HIGH is issued) to the client. Becoming a successful property agent is a distinct story altogether! Hi, I would like to ask how I might be a property agent and whether there are courses I might take. And if I need to be at a certain age. www. Property BUYER com.sg (your impartial Mortgage Advisor) In private properties in between users,[1][2] complicating the decryption of these communications.[3] Skype's encryption is inherent in the Skype Protocol and is transparent to callers. Skype is not considered to be a secure VoIP system and the calls made over the network are routinely monitored by Microsoft and by Government agencies.[4]

Security policy

The company's security policy includes:

  1. Usernames are unique.
  2. Callers must present a username and password or other authentication credential.
  3. Each caller provides the other with proof of identity and privileges whenever a session is established. Each verifies the other’s proof before the session is allowed to carry messages.
  4. Messages transmitted are encrypted from caller to caller.To succeed in selling a home, it is advisable be competent in real estate advertising and marketing, authorized, monetary, operational aspects, and other information and skills. This is essential as a result of you want to negotiate with more and more sophisticated buyers. You could outperform rivals, use latest technologies, and stay ahead of the fast altering market.

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    There is no such thing as a deal too small. Property agents who're willing to find time for any deal even when the commission is small are those you want in your side. They also show humbleness and might relate with the average Singaporean higher. Relentlessly pursuing any deal, calling prospects even without being prompted. Even when they get rejected a hundred times, they still come back for more. These are the property brokers who will find consumers what they want finally, and who would be the most profitable in what they do. four. Honesty and Integrity

    As a realtor, you're our own business. Due to this fact, it is imperative that you handle yours prices and spend money correctly in order to market your property successfully. Also, beware of mentors who always ask you to pay for pointless costs. Such mentors typically are recruiting to develop a staff and see you as a option to defray advertising and marketing prices. For foreigners who want to register with CEA as salespersons, they might want to have a valid Employment Cross (EP) issued by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM). They should consult an property agent that is ready to assist their future registration software, who would then examine with CEA. Thereafter, after they register for the RES Course, they might want to produce a letter of assist from the property agent."

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    From the above info, you may see that saving on agent's commission will not cover the expenses wanted to market your home efficiently. As well as, it's essential make investments a whole lot of time, vitality and effort. By taking yourself away from your work and other endeavors, additionally, you will incur unnecessary opportunity prices. There may be additionally no assurance you could beat the market and get the outcomes you need. That is why you want an agent - not simply an ordinary agent - you want knowledgeable and competent specialist, geared up with the best instruments and knowledge to serve you and lead you to success! Within the midst of this ‘uniquely Singapore' Property GSS, our most needed foreign customers are nowhere to be seen. Different types of Public Residential properties

    Based on Kelvin, other agents may also make use of your agent's listings. "If your pricing is on the excessive aspect, these brokers may use your house to persuade their patrons why Http://Trafficstooges.Com/Singapore-Property-Condominium they should purchase another residence." To counter this, Kelvin says it is crucial for your agent to supply a current market analysis before putting up your private home for sale. "This helps you worth your property appropriately and realistically." When property is made accessible (HIGH is issued) to the client. Becoming a successful property agent is a distinct story altogether! Hi, I would like to ask how I might be a property agent and whether there are courses I might take. And if I need to be at a certain age. www. Property BUYER com.sg (your impartial Mortgage Advisor) In private properties in No intermediate node (router) has access to the meaning of these messages. This claim has been undermined in May 2013 by evidence that Microsoft (owner of Skype) has pinged unique URL's embedded in a Skype conversation;[5] this could only happen if Microsoft has access to the unencrypted form of these messages.

Implementation and protocols

Registration

Skype holds registration information both on the caller's computer and on a Skype server. Skype uses this information to authenticate call recipients and to assure that callers seeking authentication are accessing a Skype server rather than an impostor. Skype uses public key encryption as defined by RSA to accomplish this.

The Skype server has a private key, and distributes that key's public counterpart with every copy of the software. As part of user registration, the user selects a desired username and password. Skype locally generates public and private keys. The private key and a hash of the password are stored on the user's computer.

Then a 256-bit AES-encrypted session is established with the Skype server. The client creates a session key using its random number generator.

The Skype server verifies that the selected username is unique and that follows Skype's naming rules. The server stores the username and a hash of the hash of the user's password [H(H(P))] in its database.

The server now forms and signs an identity certificate for the username that binds the username, its verification key and the key identifier.

Peer-to-peer key agreement

For each call, Skype creates a session with a 256-bit session key. This session exists as long as communication continues and for a fixed time afterward. As part of connecting a call, Skype securely transmits the session key to the call recipient. That session key is then used to encrypt messages in both directions.

Session cryptography

All traffic in a session is encrypted using the AES algorithm running in Integer Counter Mode (ICM). Skype encrypts the current counter and a salt with the session key using the 256 bit AES algorithm. This returns the key stream, which is then XORed with the message content. This produces encrypted ciphertext, which is then transmitted to the recipient. Skype sessions contain multiple streams. The ICM counter depends on the stream, and the location within the stream.

Random number generation

Skype uses random numbers for several cryptographic purposes, for instance as a protection against playback attacks, creation of RSA key pairs, and creation of AES key-halves for content encryption. The security of a Skype peer-to-peer session depends significantly on the quality of the random numbers generated by both ends of the Skype session. Random number generation varies by operating system.[6]

Cryptographic primitives

Skype uses standard cryptographic primitives to achieve its security goals. The cryptographic primitives used in Skype are: the AES block cipher, the RSA public-key cryptosystem, the ISO 9796-2 signature padding scheme, the SHA-1 hash function, and the RC4 stream cipher.

Key agreement protocol

Key-agreement is achieved using a proprietary, symmetric protocol. To protect against a playback attack, the peers challenge each other with random 64-bit nonces. The challenge response is to customize the challenge in a proprietary way and returned it signed with the responder’s private key.

The peers exchange Identity Certificates and confirm that these certificates are legitimate. Because an Identity Certificate contains a public key, each end can then confirm signatures created by the other peer. Each peer contributes 128 random bits to the 256-bit session key.

Automatic updates

Another security risk are automatic updates, which cannot be disabled from version 5.6 on,[7][8] both on Mac OS and Windows branches, although in the latter, and only from version 5.9 on, automatic updating can be turned off in certain cases.[9]

Eavesdropping by design

Chinese, Russian and United States law enforcement agencies have the ability to eavesdrop on Skype conversations, as well as have access to Skype users geographic locations. In many cases, simple request for information is sufficient, and no court approval is needed. This ability was deliberately added by Microsoft after Skype purchase in 2011 for the law enforcement agencies around the world. This is implemented through switching the Skype client for a particular user account from the client side encryption to the server side encryption, allowing dissemination of an unencrypted data stream. [10]

Flaws and potential flaws

While Skype encrypts users' sessions, other traffic including call initiation can be monitored by unauthorized parties.

The other side of security is whether Skype imposes risk on its users' computers and networks. In October 2005 a pair of security flaws were discovered and patched. Those flaws made it possible for hackers to run hostile code on computers running vulnerable versions of Skype. The first security bug affected only Microsoft Windows computers. It allowed the attacker to use a buffer overflow to crash the system or to force it to execute arbitrary code. The attacker could provide a malformed URL using the Skype URI format, and lure the user to request it to execute the attack. The second security bug affected all platforms; it used a heap-based buffer overflow to make the system vulnerable.

  • 13 November 2012, a Russian user published a flaw in Skype security which allowed any non-professional attacker to take over a Skype account knowing only the victim's email using 7 simple steps.[11][12] This vulnerability was claimed to exist for months, and existed for more than 12 hours since it was published widely.
  • By default, Skype also records data about calls (but not the message contents) in a "History" file saved on the user's computer. Attackers who gain access to the computer can obtain the file.[13]
  • Skype can consume other users' bandwidth. Although this is documented in the license agreement (EULA), there is no way to tell how much bandwidth is being used in this manner.[14]
  • There are some 20,000 supernodes out of many millions of users logged on. Skype Guide for network administrators claims that supernodes carry only control traffic up to 10 kB/s and relays may carry other user data traffic up to 15 kB/s (for one audio conference call). A relay should not normally handle more than one "relayed connection".[14][15]
  • Skype's file-transfer function does not integrate with any antivirus products, although Skype claims to have tested its product against antivirus "Shield" products.[14]
  • Skype does not document all communication activities. This lack of clarity as to content means that systems administrators cannot be sure what it is doing. (The combination of an invited and a reverse-engineered study taken together suggest Skype is not doing anything hostile)Template:Cn. Skype can be easily blocked by firewalls.[14]
  • Skype consumes network bandwidth, even when idle (even for non-supernodes, e.g., for NAT traversal). For example, if there were only 3 Skype users in the world and 2 were communicating, the 3rd computer would be taxed to support the application, even if not using Skype at the time. The large number of Skype computers means that this activity is diffuse, it can lead to performance issues on standby Skype users, and presents a conduit for security breaches.[16][17]
  • Skype implicitly trusts any message stream that obeys its protocols[17]
  • Skype does not prohibit a parallel Skype-like network[17]
  • Skype makes it hard to enforce a corporate security policy[17]
  • Skype creates a file called 1.com in the temp directory which is capable of reading all BIOS data from a PC.[18] According to Skype this is used to identify computers and provide DRM protection for plug-ins.[19][20]
  • The URI handler that checks URLs for verification of certain file extensions and file formats uses case sensitive comparison techniques and doesn’t check all potential file formats.[21][22]
  • While Skype does encrypt most of its communications, packets containing advertisements are unencrypted which are pulled from several places, exposing a cross-site scripting vulnerability. These ads can easily be hijacked and replaced with malicious data.[23]
  • The privacy of Skype traffic may have limits. Although Skype encrypts communication between users, a Skype spokesman did not deny the company's ability to intercept the communication. On the question of whether Skype could listen in on their users' communication, Kurt Sauer, head of the security division of Skype, replied evasively: "We provide a secure means of communication. I will not say if we are listening in or not."[24] In China text is filtered according to government requirements. This suggests that Skype has the capacity to eavesdrop on connections.[25] One of Skype's minority owners, eBay, has divulged user information to the U.S. government.[26][27]
  • Security researchers Biondi and Desclaux have speculated that Skype may have a back door, since Skype sends traffic even when it is turned off and because Skype has taken extreme measures to obfuscate their traffic and functioning of their program.[28] Several media sources have reported that at a meeting about the "Lawful interception of IP based services" held on 25 June 2008, high-ranking but not named officials at the Austrian interior ministry said that they could listen in on Skype conversations without problems. Austrian public broadcasting service ORF, citing minutes from the meeting, have reported that "the Austrian police are able to listen in on Skype connections".[29][30] Skype declined to comment on the reports.[31]
  • The Skype client for Mac has been observed accessing protected information in the system Address Book even when integration with the Address Book (on by default) is disabled in the Skype preferences. Users may see a warning about Skype.app attempting to access protected information in address book under certain conditions, e.g. launching Skype while syncing with a mobile device. Skype has no legitimate reason to access the Address Book if the integration is not enabled. Further, the extent of the integration is to add all cards from the Address Book to the list of Skype contacts along with their phone numbers, which can be accomplished without accessing any protected information (neither the name nor numbers on cards are protected) and thus the attempt to access information beyond the scope of the integration, regardless of whether or not that integration is enabled, raises deeper questions as to possible spying on users.

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