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Fuzzyman
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Fri Aug 11 08:56:32 EDT 2006
Paul Boddie wrote:
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> I've previously mentioned a very interesting paper which not only
> described the reverse engineering of the Skype protocol and software
> but also described how to make interoperating Skype clients. Given that
> the well-financed developers spent a lot of time introducing various
> protection measures (encryption, verification, etc.) and yet someone
> can write the aforementioned stuff up in a paper, I'd recommend an
> upgrade to any business plan which relies on obfuscation to prevent
> "unauthorised" use or modification. Indeed, I'd recommend that any such
> entrepreneur think twice about starting a traditional proprietary
> software business in this day and age.
>
How many users did skype have before that happened...
Several orders of magnitude above what is required to earn a living
from selling a few programs I suspect.
Fuzzyman
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> Paul
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