VoIP Tapping Research Given Grant by Feds
Researches at George Mason University have discovered a way of tracking and then tapping into Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) conversations on the internet. Consequently, the National Science Foundation has given the researches a $307,436 grant to help them translate this new research into a tool to help the police use it to tap calls with VoIP. The researchers have only shown it to work on Skype conversations.
There a number of services on the internet to “anonymize” Skype calls using a middle-man proxy server, as it gives the illusion that the proxy server is talking the person on the other end, and not really the caller.
hi ryan,
interesting to note. does this speaks for everyone?
can we assume that so far, non of any VOIP system implemented some sort of encryption system. Not even SKYPE.
Comment by IT-sideways — August 10, 2005 @ 8:47 am
Skype has got an encrytion apparently :
“Yes. When you call another Skype user your call is encrypted with strong encryption algorithms ensuring you privacy. In some cases your Skype communication may be routed via other users in the peer-to-peer network. Skype encryption protects you from potential eavesdropping from malicious users.”
http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:lLyetAGNfMYJ:www.skype.com/help/faq/privacy.html+skype+encryption&hl=en
Comment by Administrator — August 11, 2005 @ 12:53 pm
thanks for the info!
Comment by TechNald — November 22, 2008 @ 2:53 pm