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Phil Zimmermann doesn't think much of Skype

Last week when I wrote this blog "Does Phil Zimmermann need a clue on VoIP", Zimmermann offered this passionate response. In his response, Zimmermann discounts the success of Skype, slams PKI while praising PGP, and then distances himself from the VoIP product that he used for his Black Hat...

Tags: PKI, Phil Zimmermann, Skype Technologies S.A.

Blog posts 2005-08-09

Phil Zimmermann defends his VoIP crypto

Phil Zimmermann defends his VoIP cryptoSkype's Achilles heelAny proprietary communications system that is totally controlled by a single entity like Skype will eventually be forced to include a backdoor for the Feds - if it isn't already built in.Like the National Security Agency has said on many occasions, if you...

Tags: Authentication/Encryption, Digital security, Network security, SECURITY, Closed-Source, VoIP, Phil Zimmermann, PKI, Skype Technologies S.A.

Discussion threads 2005-08-05

Does Phil Zimmermann need a clue on VoIP?

Updated: 8/5/2005 @ 4:06 am Phil Zimmermann of PGP fame, a legend in the cryptography world, was cooking up a new secure VoIP brew at last week's Black Hat conference--but could he be just a little bit out of touch? As much as I respect the man's intellectual prowess...

Tags: PKI, Phil Zimmermann, VoIP, Skype Technologies S.A.

Blog posts 2005-08-04

PGP inventor to announce crypto-based VoIP security solution

My colleague Joris Evers reports that tomorrow, Pretty Good Privacy PGP e-mail encryption program inventor Phil Zimmermann will make a Pretty Grand Pronouncement tomorrow.Apparently, Zimmermann will reveal an as-yet unnamed prototype of an Internet telephony application that encrypts calls to thwart eavesdropping."I am revealing this now because I want to...

Tags: Phil Zimmermann

Blog posts 2005-07-27

Additional Resources

Schneier on ID theft

I am attending the IT Security Summit 2007 here in Johannesburg this week. It’s a busy week for conferences with Interop in Vegas and AusCERT in session in Australia. While smaller than the other two this one is proving very interesting. I originally submitted my cyber crime scenario...

Tags: CyberCrime, Data Security, Trade Shows

Blog posts 2007-05-23

Microsoft's copyright play and the Trusted Computing Group

Microsoft's copyright play and the Trusted Computing GroupTrusted computing?Gimme a break! You would be a nut to trust Microcrap, the corp. or it's products!BalanceAs you state, balance is the key--if you're going to take something away from consumers, you must make your offering somehow more attractive than what they have...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Trusted Computing Group, content company, Microsoft Corp., digital-rights management

Discussion threads 2005-08-31

Phil Zimmermann doesn't think much of Skype

Phil Zimmermann doesn't think much of SkypeWhy skype is bad....Interestingly, George Ou likes proprietary software, I wonder about his motives, are they sponsoring him?Technology experts adopt open standards but George Ou just lives in his own world where he thinks he is the expert.Here is another article about why Skype...

Tags: Firewalls, NETWORKING, open source, Skype Technologies S.A., Network Address Translation, skype, firewall

Discussion threads 2005-08-09

Why the computing world chose PKI

In Phil Zimmermann's response to "Does Phil Zimmermann need a clue on VoIP", Zimmermann offered a blistering attack on PKI based solutions and offered his own PGP solution as the superior alternative. There is just one little problem: the computing world chose PKI for the most part while PGP...

Tags: S/MIME, PGP Corp.

Blog posts 2005-08-09

Phil Zimmermann defends his VoIP crypto

In response to my last blog "Does Phil Zimmermann need a clue on VoIP?", Phil Zimmermann writes this letter defending his recent VoIP demonstration.[Editor's note: This paragraph was re-inserted 11 hours after initial post and should not have been cut out, my apologies to Phil Zimmermann. Detailed explaination...

Tags: VoIP Client, PKI, VoIP

Blog posts 2005-08-05

George Ou criticizes PGP inventor Zimmerman's PKI diss

George Ou criticizes PGP inventor Zimmerman's PKI dissPGP has already proven it's uncrackablePGP is very powerful crypto that the CIA tried to stop Zimmerman from releasing it. I remember when they really tried very hard to stop him because even they could not crack it. I trust PGP more...

Tags: Authentication/Encryption, Digital security, Network security, SECURITY, PKI, PGP Corp., Zimmerman

Discussion threads 2005-08-04

George Ou criticizes PGP inventor Zimmerman's PKI diss

My colleague George Ou, a well-known and often-cited networking and service architecture expert, has some provocative things to say today about cryptography expert and PGP inventor Phil Zimmerman's ideas for secure VoIP. Zimmerman presented his thoughts at the Black Hat Conference last week- specifically downgrading the importance of PKI-based secure...

Tags: Skype Technologies S.A., VoIP, PKI

Blog posts 2005-08-04

Does Phil Zimmermann need a clue on VoIP?

Does Phil Zimmermann need a clue on VoIP?Punish the user......is a long-standing tradition in design. Just look at the doors that don't give you a clue as to whether you should push or pull. (How many of us have ended up walking into the door because you should...

Tags: Authentication/Encryption, Digital security, Network security, SECURITY, VoIP, PKI, Skype Technologies S.A., PGP Corp.

Discussion threads 2005-08-04