iSkoot Will Fix The Encryption Issue On Nokia S60 Client

Filed under: nokia, security, software, voip - 27 Apr 2008 15:03

Looks like iSkoot made a mistake with their Nokia S60 client and will make it right. Apparently a non-production version of the S60 client made it to the public web, which sends data in the clear. Other published versions of their client on other platforms are unaffected.

iSkoot CEO Mark Jacobstein says the existing S60 build will be pulled. The bug will be fixed and a forced upgrade to a patched version will be pushed.

Thanks to Andy Abramson and Jim Courtney for their behind-the-scenes help with this. Update: Forgot to thank Dan York as well, who helped despite spending the weekend driving a U-Haul.

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ve pulled it down and will be pushing out a fix soon. 4:20 pm - Jim Courtney posts to Skype Journal that the issue has been resolved and a fix is on its way. 5:19 pm - Jim posts a reply to the post here relaying Mark’s statement. 6:03 pm - Dameonpublishes a post stating that issue will be fixed. Monday, April 28, early morning - Andy posts on VoIP Watch about the resolution as I do on Disruptive Telephony. Other blog posts start to appear pointing to the issue and resolution. iSkoot CEO Mark Jacobstein also indicated that a public statement
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range (sniffing distance) of the router. And you needed to know how to do a packet trace via a tcpip dump. Once reported iSkoot CEO Mark Jacobstein then called his developer team into action early today (Sunday). Around 4 p.m. I learned thatthe iSkoot team had been in touch with Dameonwhile Dan and I received the following statement: Unfortunately, it turns out that Dameon was right. We’re not sure how, but a non-production Symbian build ended up on the site, and it had this bug. We’re pulling the build and fixing the bug
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range (sniffing distance) of the router. And you needed to know how to do a packet trace via a tcpip dump. Once reported iSkoot CEO Mark Jacobstein then called his developer team into action early today (Sunday). Around 4 p.m. I learned thatthe iSkoot team had been in touch with Dameonwhile Dan and I received the following statement: Unfortunately, it turns out that Dameon was right. We’re not sure how, but a non-production Symbian build ended up on the site, and it had this bug. We’re pulling the build and fixing the bug
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my blog on a Friday night. By Saturday afternoon, with some help from my friends Andy Abramson, Jim Courtney, and Dan York, I had the attention of iSkoot’s CEO, whom I sent more details to confirm my findings. By Sunday afternoon, we had a confirmationthey see the problem and will fix it. Today, I confirmed their new client was available and did not have the issue. The update to the iSkoot client should be forced, but if not, go download the latest version for your S60 device. iSkoot clients on other platforms are unaffected.
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my blog on a Friday night. By Saturday afternoon, with some help from my friends Andy Abramson, Jim Courtney, and Dan York, I had the attention of iSkoot’s CEO, whom I sent more details to confirm my findings. By Sunday afternoon, we had a confirmationthey see the problem and will fix it. Today, I confirmed their new client was available and did not have the issue. The update to the iSkoot client should be forced, but if not, go download the latest version for your S60 device. iSkoot clients on other platforms are unaffected.
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my blog on a Friday night. By Saturday afternoon, with some help from my friends Andy Abramson, Jim Courtney, and Dan York, I had the attention of iSkoot’s CEO, whom I sent more details to confirm my findings. By Sunday afternoon, we had a confirmationthey see the problem and will fix it. Today, I confirmed their new client was available and did not have the issue. The update to the iSkoot client should be forced, but if not, go download the latest version for your S60 device. iSkoot clients on other platforms are unaffected.
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my blog on a Friday night. By Saturday afternoon, with some help from my friends Andy Abramson, Jim Courtney, and Dan York, I had the attention of iSkoot’s CEO, whom I sent more details to confirm my findings. By Sunday afternoon, we had a confirmationthey see the problem and will fix it. Today, I confirmed their new client was available and did not have the issue. The update to the iSkoot client should be forced, but if not, go download the latest version for your S60 device. iSkoot clients on other platforms are unaffected.
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