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30 April 2008

iSkoot for S60 Upgraded: Obscured by SSL

Filed under: security, software, voip - 30 Apr 2008

I will admit to not testing the “forced” upgrade aspect of this, but I did download and install the upgraded iSkoot for my Nokia N95 this …

27 April 2008

iSkoot Will Fix The Encryption Issue On Nokia S60 Client

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

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 …

26 April 2008

Proof of iSkoot Passing Credentials In The Clear

Filed under: security, telecom, voip - 26 Apr 2008

Dan York asked for this. Here’s the tell-tale sign from tcpdump that the user information is in the clear. Obviously, I used a different username than my own here as obscuring my password was difficult:
10:29:56.656220 IP 10.3.2.124.43852 > 69.25.76.54.80: P …

iSkoot Transmits Your Data In The Clear

Filed under: security, software, voip - 26 Apr 2008

Various people are thinking that Skype Mobile is basically an unbranded iSkoot, which does the same thing in much the same way. Generally speaking, …