Problems connecting to Skype (16-Aug-2007)
Users around the world have difficulty connecting to Skype. Simply, you can not log in.
Skype technicians solve the problem.
- Update:
Skype is working again, they promise to tell you about the reasons.
- “The reason for yesterday’s drop in the Skype network was the research of Russian burglars.
During the search for a local buffer overflow, it was discovered that it was possible to send a long string to the server and overflow its buffer, as a result of which it falls. Its place is taken by another server from the P2P network 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 disable authentication. ”
It should be noted that skype is a “self-regulating” 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 the broadband user and is used by the 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 drop in the entire network has occurred.
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- RU:
Updated 14:02 GMT:
Some users have trouble logging in to Skype. Our team of technicians discovered that the problem is in the software. We expect that the difficulties will be resolved within 12-24 hours. You can simply leave the Skype client running and as soon as the problem is resolved you will enter the program. We bring our apologies.
In addition, the Skype client download was temporarily blocked. We will open the download option as soon as possible.
EN:
UPDATED 14:02 GMT: If you’re 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. In the meantime, you will be logged in. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Additionally, Skype has been temporarily disabled. We will make downloads available again as quickly as possible.
A source:
Problems with Skype login
Skype technicians solve the problem.
- Update:
Skype is working again, they promise to tell you about the reasons.
- “The reason for yesterday’s drop in the Skype network was the research of Russian burglars.
During the search for a local buffer overflow, it was discovered that it was possible to send a long string to the server and overflow its buffer, as a result of which it falls. Its place is taken by another server from the P2P network 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 disable authentication. ”
It should be noted that skype is a “self-regulating” 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 the broadband user and is used by the 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 drop in the entire network has occurred.
')
- RU:
Updated 14:02 GMT:
Some users have trouble logging in to Skype. Our team of technicians discovered that the problem is in the software. We expect that the difficulties will be resolved within 12-24 hours. You can simply leave the Skype client running and as soon as the problem is resolved you will enter the program. We bring our apologies.
In addition, the Skype client download was temporarily blocked. We will open the download option as soon as possible.
EN:
UPDATED 14:02 GMT: If you’re 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. In the meantime, you will be logged in. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Additionally, Skype has been temporarily disabled. We will make downloads available again as quickly as possible.
A source:
Problems with Skype login
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/13265/
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