Re: In the news: Soon to be published, Skype back-door trojan code?

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On Sat, 29 Aug 2009 18:37:02 -0300
Fernando Cassia <fcassia@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 4:30 PM, Daniel B. Thurman <dant@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> 
> >
> > [perhaps off topic, but interesting security implications?]
> >
> > I wonder if backdoors are installed to comply with
> > government & law enforcement requirements.  In the US,
> > Sen. Jay Rockefeller proposes to allow the POTUS to shutdown
> > public & private Internet for any reason they want?
> >
> > Well back to Skype in the news:
> > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/28/skype_trojan_source_code/
> >
> > Fact or hype?
> >
> > FWIW,
> > Dan
> 
> 
> Welcome to the Real World.... all your calls are belong to THE MAN
> (NSA)...
> 
> "SAFARI C(Cubed) is the only totally integrated carrier class VoIP
> switch that incorporates -- at no additional cost -- all of the
> components that make up the distributed voice switching
> infrastructure, eliminating the need for operators to purchase,
> maintain, upgrade and regression test separate Call Management
> Servers, Media Gateways, *Call Detail Records (Record Keeping)
> Servers*, Announcement Servers, Signaling Gateways, Ethernet Switches
> and *Legal Intercept (CALEA) servers*."
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communications_Assistance_for_Law_Enforcement_Act
> 
> FC

If you are so inclined read "The Puzzle
Palace" (http://www.amazon.com/Puzzle-Palace-National-Intelligence-Organization/dp/0140067485/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1251583025&sr=1-1)

Consider the advances in computers since that time (1980) and
extrapolate the surveillance capabilities that the book claims to today.

Steve
the advances 

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