Skype Connection Issues (16-Aug-2007)

    Users all over the world are having difficulty connecting to Skype. Simply, you can’t log in.
    Skype technicians solve the problem.

    - Update:
    Skype is working again, they promise to talk about the reasons.

    - “The reason for yesterday’s fall of the Skype network was the research of Russian crackers.
    When searching for a local buffer overflow, it was discovered that a long line could be sent to the server and its buffer overflow, as a result of which it crashes. Another server from the P2P network takes its place and an error also occurs on it and so on. As a result, within a few hours, the entire Skype network came to a denial of service and the development team was forced to turn off authentication. ”


    It is worth noting that skype is a "self-regulatory" network. The only server that can be attacked is the authorization server. The server that is mentioned in the message is the so-called SuperNode - skype client, which is installed on a user with a wide channel and is used by a distributed network to redistribute traffic. However, as seen above, the attackers found a way to attack such nodes. And since all the key nodes know about each other, a chain fall of the entire network has occurred.

    - RU:
    Updated 14:02 GMT:
    Some users have problems logging in to Skype. Our team of technicians has discovered that the problem is in the software. We expect the difficulties to be resolved within 12-24 hours. You can simply leave the Skype client running and as soon as the problem is solved, you will enter the program. We apologize.

    In addition, the loading of the Skype client was temporarily blocked. We will open the possibility of downloading as soon as possible.

    EN:
    UPDATED 14:02 GMT: Some of you may be having problems logging in to Skype. Our engineering team has determined that it's a software issue. We expect this to be resolved within 12 to 24 hours. Meanwhile, you can simply leave your Skype client running and as soon as the issue is resolved, you will be logged in. We apologize for the inconvenience.

    Additionally, downloads of Skype have been temporarily disabled. We will make downloads available again as quickly as possible.

    Source:
    Problems with Skype login




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