> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of zooko
> Sent: Monday, August 20, 2007 1:19 PM
> To: theory and practice of decentralized computer networks
> Subject: [p2p-hackers] what really happened to Skype?
>
> Folks:
>
> This is a fascinating case study, but we don't yet have enough
> information to really learn from it!
>
> http://heartbeat.skype.com/2007/08/what_happened_on_august_16.html
>
[snip]
>
> If anyone can give useful insight into the technical events, that
> would be great.
I don't really have an insight, leave alone a useful one. Only
a gut feeling, which also seems to be the simplest explanation -
Their authentication servers were DDoS'd
This is also a kind of explanation Skype would try to avoid at
all costs.
Alex
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