Comments on: iSkoot Transmits Your Data In The Clear http://phoneboy.com/2242/iskoot-transmits-your-data-in-the-clear Simplifying Network Security, Telecom, Gadgets, and More! Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:26:22 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: iSkoot Transmits Your Data In The Clear http://phoneboy.com/2242/iskoot-transmits-your-data-in-the-clear/comment-page-1#comment-27064 iSkoot Transmits Your Data In The Clear Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:11:30 +0000 http://www.phoneboy.com/?p=2242#comment-27064 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] iSkoot Transmits Your Data In The Clear Various people are thinking that Skype Mobile is basically an unbranded iSkoot, which does the same thing in much the same way. Generally speaking, they seem to do the same thing, but they do it very differently. Packet traces don't lie. I loaded up iSkoot on my Nokia N95 and accessed the iSkoot service via WiFi. submitted by PhoneBoy on 26th Apr 2008 (via phoneboy.com) Add to Favorites Add to Saves Bury Tags: · Nokia · N95 · Skype · WiFi · Nokia N95 · iSkoot · Nokia Comments [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> Kramer auto Pingback[...] iSkoot Transmits Your Data In The Clear Various people are thinking that Skype Mobile is basically an unbranded iSkoot, which does the same thing in much the same way. Generally speaking, they seem to do the same thing, but they do it very differently. Packet traces don’t lie. I loaded up iSkoot on my Nokia N95 and accessed the iSkoot service via WiFi. submitted by PhoneBoy on 26th Apr 2008 (via phoneboy.com) Add to Favorites Add to Saves Bury Tags: · Nokia · N95 · Skype · WiFi · Nokia N95 · iSkoot · Nokia Comments [...]

]]> By: iSkoot Announces the First VoIP Application for Android G1 http://phoneboy.com/2242/iskoot-transmits-your-data-in-the-clear/comment-page-1#comment-27025 iSkoot Announces the First VoIP Application for Android G1 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:59:10 +0000 http://www.phoneboy.com/?p=2242#comment-27025 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] Add to Favorites Add to Saves 1 votes vote iSkoot Transmits Your Data In The Clear Direct Link Various people are thinking that Skype Mobile is basically an unbranded iSkoot, which does the [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> Kramer auto Pingback[...] Add to Favorites Add to Saves 1 votes vote iSkoot Transmits Your Data In The Clear Direct Link Various people are thinking that Skype Mobile is basically an unbranded iSkoot, which does the [...]

]]> By: iSkoot Users Beware: Nokia S60 News and Reviews http://phoneboy.com/2242/iskoot-transmits-your-data-in-the-clear/comment-page-1#comment-26948 iSkoot Users Beware: Nokia S60 News and Reviews Fri, 24 Oct 2008 10:57:46 +0000 http://www.phoneboy.com/?p=2242#comment-26948 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] Link: iSkoot Transmits Your Data In The Clear. [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> Kramer auto Pingback[...] Link: iSkoot Transmits Your Data In The Clear. [...]

]]> By: will http://phoneboy.com/2242/iskoot-transmits-your-data-in-the-clear/comment-page-1#comment-26520 will Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:29:11 +0000 http://www.phoneboy.com/?p=2242#comment-26520 I just want to know how do we utilize 3 skypephone in the us? yeah I know it is not available. but i also heard that you can replace the sim card. has anyone actually bought a 3 skypephone and had it sent to the Us and tried it? if so, how did it work? any comments would be great I just want to know how do we utilize 3 skypephone in the us? yeah I know it is not available. but i also heard that you can replace the sim card. has anyone actually bought a 3 skypephone and had it sent to the Us and tried it? if so, how did it work? any comments would be great

]]> By: iSkoot Updates Symbian Software, Handles Security Incident Well http://phoneboy.com/2242/iskoot-transmits-your-data-in-the-clear/comment-page-1#comment-26158 iSkoot Updates Symbian Software, Handles Security Incident Well Thu, 01 May 2008 08:46:40 +0000 http://www.phoneboy.com/?p=2242#comment-26158 [...] Well Posted on May 1st, 2008 by The VoIP Weblog Last week, I discovered-quite by accident-that the version of iSkoot for the Nokia N95 was sending the entire session in the clear. In short, your Skype credentials, and everything you were using iSkoot for on Skype, was being [...] [...] Well Posted on May 1st, 2008 by The VoIP Weblog Last week, I discovered-quite by accident-that the version of iSkoot for the Nokia N95 was sending the entire session in the clear. In short, your Skype credentials, and everything you were using iSkoot for on Skype, was being [...]

]]> By: How the blogoshpere can help companies improve: iSkoot | Jonathan MacDonald.com http://phoneboy.com/2242/iskoot-transmits-your-data-in-the-clear/comment-page-1#comment-26129 How the blogoshpere can help companies improve: iSkoot | Jonathan MacDonald.com Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:46:30 +0000 http://www.phoneboy.com/?p=2242#comment-26129 [...] PhoneBoy posted an issue he found under the title ‘iSkoot transmits your data in the clear’ [...] [...] PhoneBoy posted an issue he found under the title ‘iSkoot transmits your data in the clear’ [...]

]]> By: iSkoot Security Flaw Reveals Your Account Credentials http://phoneboy.com/2242/iskoot-transmits-your-data-in-the-clear/comment-page-1#comment-26118 iSkoot Security Flaw Reveals Your Account Credentials Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:06:36 +0000 http://www.phoneboy.com/?p=2242#comment-26118 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] S60 client software. If you use iSkoot on a Nokia handset, it's wise to seek a software upgrade. Phoneboy found the defect, then Jim Courteney and Dan York held iSkoot's feet to the [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> Kramer auto Pingback[...] S60 client software. If you use iSkoot on a Nokia handset, it’s wise to seek a software upgrade. Phoneboy found the defect, then Jim Courteney and Dan York held iSkoot’s feet to the [...]

]]> By: iSkoot Pulls S60 Build, Plans To Push Fix 30 April 2008 http://phoneboy.com/2242/iskoot-transmits-your-data-in-the-clear/comment-page-1#comment-26117 iSkoot Pulls S60 Build, Plans To Push Fix 30 April 2008 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:18:13 +0000 http://www.phoneboy.com/?p=2242#comment-26117 [...] it was, admittedly, not very nice of me to hand iSkoot a zero-day exploit publicly, on a weekend no less, there was a note on the iSkoot [...] [...] it was, admittedly, not very nice of me to hand iSkoot a zero-day exploit publicly, on a weekend no less, there was a note on the iSkoot [...]

]]> By: Voice of VOIPSA » Blog Archive » Chronology of the blogosphere and iSkoot weekend response to the iSkoot security issue http://phoneboy.com/2242/iskoot-transmits-your-data-in-the-clear/comment-page-1#comment-26113 Voice of VOIPSA » Blog Archive » Chronology of the blogosphere and iSkoot weekend response to the iSkoot security issue Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:51:07 +0000 http://www.phoneboy.com/?p=2242#comment-26113 [...] April 26, 2008 - 4:22am (1:22 Pacific) - PhoneBoy (Dameon Welch-Abernathy) posts his initial report of the [...] [...] April 26, 2008 – 4:22am (1:22 Pacific) – PhoneBoy (Dameon Welch-Abernathy) posts his initial report of the [...]

]]> By: Warning: iSkoot Security Bug Resolved! http://phoneboy.com/2242/iskoot-transmits-your-data-in-the-clear/comment-page-1#comment-26108 Warning: iSkoot Security Bug Resolved! Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:28:19 +0000 http://www.phoneboy.com/?p=2242#comment-26108 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] Source:PhoneBoy ft. Saunderslog [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> Kramer auto Pingback[...] Source:PhoneBoy ft. Saunderslog [...]

]]> By: Security flaw on iSkoot: discovered and solved over the weekend | LucaFiligheddu.com http://phoneboy.com/2242/iskoot-transmits-your-data-in-the-clear/comment-page-1#comment-26107 Security flaw on iSkoot: discovered and solved over the weekend | LucaFiligheddu.com Mon, 28 Apr 2008 07:46:31 +0000 http://www.phoneboy.com/?p=2242#comment-26107 [...] discovered and solved over the weekend If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!The blogsphere jumps in again when it comes to help companies to do a better [...] [...] discovered and solved over the weekend If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!The blogsphere jumps in again when it comes to help companies to do a better [...]

]]> By: iSkoot and passwords in the clear — Alec Saunders SquawkBox http://phoneboy.com/2242/iskoot-transmits-your-data-in-the-clear/comment-page-1#comment-26104 iSkoot and passwords in the clear — Alec Saunders SquawkBox Sun, 27 Apr 2008 14:46:16 +0000 http://www.phoneboy.com/?p=2242#comment-26104 [...] awoke yesterday morning to mail from PhoneBoy telling me that iSkoot is passing passwords in the clear, unencrypted. He put a packet-trace on his WiFi router, and used the Nokia N95 to access iSkoot via [...] [...] awoke yesterday morning to mail from PhoneBoy telling me that iSkoot is passing passwords in the clear, unencrypted. He put a packet-trace on his WiFi router, and used the Nokia N95 to access iSkoot via [...]

]]> By: spg http://phoneboy.com/2242/iskoot-transmits-your-data-in-the-clear/comment-page-1#comment-26101 spg Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:30:29 +0000 http://www.phoneboy.com/?p=2242#comment-26101 @matti. i do not agree that the reason for using iskoot instead of skype has to do with device capabilities. more often it would be because of network conditions that make IP calling of lesser voice quality if even possible at all; therefore iskoot(or skypes own new client) is used to send the calls over circuit switched network. may so called 3G networks are still not up to the task and in many places if available at all. iskoot works well even on a basic GPRS network. @matti. i do not agree that the reason for using iskoot instead of skype has to do with device capabilities. more often it would be because of network conditions that make IP calling of lesser voice quality if even possible at all; therefore iskoot(or skypes own new client) is used to send the calls over circuit switched network. may so called 3G networks are still not up to the task and in many places if available at all. iskoot works well even on a basic GPRS network.

]]> By: PhoneBoy http://phoneboy.com/2242/iskoot-transmits-your-data-in-the-clear/comment-page-1#comment-26099 PhoneBoy Sat, 26 Apr 2008 22:55:15 +0000 http://www.phoneboy.com/?p=2242#comment-26099 @Mark: Please check your facts: 1. The Nokia client is transport agnostic. It runs over WiFi or GPRS/EDGE/HSDPA. As I recall, you have to go to lengths to prevent WiFi from being used. 2. When I did a tcpdump from my WiFi router, I checked all the traffic coming from my Nokia N95. I saw my entire session running over port 80 IN THE CLEAR between my Nokia N95 and an IP address that belongs to iSkoot. You may have been led to believe that SSL is being used by your client. At least on the Nokia, this is 100% false. If you would like, I am more than happy to provide a packet trace verifying my findings. @Mark: Please check your facts:

1. The Nokia client is transport agnostic. It runs over WiFi or GPRS/EDGE/HSDPA. As I recall, you have to go to lengths to prevent WiFi from being used.

2. When I did a tcpdump from my WiFi router, I checked all the traffic coming from my Nokia N95. I saw my entire session running over port 80 IN THE CLEAR between my Nokia N95 and an IP address that belongs to iSkoot.

You may have been led to believe that SSL is being used by your client. At least on the Nokia, this is 100% false. If you would like, I am more than happy to provide a packet trace verifying my findings.

]]> By: Darla Mack - Nokia S60 News and Reviews: iSkoot Users Beware http://phoneboy.com/2242/iskoot-transmits-your-data-in-the-clear/comment-page-1#comment-26098 Darla Mack - Nokia S60 News and Reviews: iSkoot Users Beware Sat, 26 Apr 2008 21:41:22 +0000 http://www.phoneboy.com/?p=2242#comment-26098 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] Link: iSkoot Transmits Your Data In The Clear. [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> Kramer auto Pingback[...] Link: iSkoot Transmits Your Data In The Clear. [...]

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