This was published in June already, but sounds interesting: "12 June 2008 NewScientist.com news service David Robson
Plans to compress internet (VoIP) phone calls so they use less bandwidth could make them vulnerable to eavesdropping. Most networks are currently safe, but many service providers are due to implement the flawed compression technology. The new compression technique, called variable bitrate compression produces different size packets of data for different sounds. That happens because the sampling rate is kept high for long complex sounds like "ow", but cut down for simple consonants like "c". This variable method saves on bandwidth, while maintaining sound quality. VoIP streams are encrypted to prevent eavesdropping. However, a team from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, US, has shown that simply measuring the size of packets without decoding them can identify whole words and phrases with a high rate of accuracy." --clip-- More at http://technology.newscientist.com/channel/tech/dn14124-compressed-web-phone-calls-are-easy-to-bug.html Juha-Matti _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
