On 12/03/08 16:45, Steve Gaarder wrote:
The big issue with Skype here and at other universities is that computers running Skpye, especially ones with access to a lot of bandwidth, can become "supernodes", relaying other people's calls and sending network usage skyrocketing. Skype provides instructions for disabling this in the Windows version via a registry change. Does anyone know of a a way to do this in the Linux version?
No, this "feature" is only in Skype-3. But rumors have it that a tight local firewall and/or an explicitly-configured SOCKS5 proxy will prevent supernode functionality. At worst, some nifty iptables magic should ensure that Skype will keep very few connections open (but perhaps check the RPM for firewall-manipulating %post scripts).
http://www.skype.com/security/universities/ seem to confirm the SOCKS5 method (and also that NAT will prevent supernoding).
There seems to be no clear answer from Skype on when this featur will reach Linux (or MacOSX)
http://forum.skype.com/lofiversion/index.php/t107899.html Regards jan
