a mesh is formed from these hub nodes, and this serve as protected routes for your calls.
Wheter or not that is true has never been proven to me, however, I will say that this was NOT the cause of me being shutdown by my ISP... My supposedly 'protected' work laptop contained a rootkit.
As for Skype, I'm not currently running it anymore, mostly because of this discovery. I found this behavior a bit unsettling as it poses the potential for a massive defederation of personal data.
Yes. I heard from some people that this is normal operation. @MrUbernub states that this is normal for inbound connections.. maybe, but those ports are closed on my machine, and this is prior to me logging, so my contacts lists are not open. I don't believe this to be the proper explanation.
A more plausible explanation is that the client connects to a centralized control server (skype network) then acquires a list of 'hubs' (other skype clients with open ports) to for a network for ur calls.
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XzFWins 2 months ago
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gabondras 3 months ago
a mesh is formed from these hub nodes, and this serve as protected routes for your calls.
Wheter or not that is true has never been proven to me, however, I will say that this was NOT the cause of me being shutdown by my ISP... My supposedly 'protected' work laptop contained a rootkit.
As for Skype, I'm not currently running it anymore, mostly because of this discovery. I found this behavior a bit unsettling as it poses the potential for a massive defederation of personal data.
giz02 4 months ago
Yes. I heard from some people that this is normal operation. @MrUbernub states that this is normal for inbound connections.. maybe, but those ports are closed on my machine, and this is prior to me logging, so my contacts lists are not open. I don't believe this to be the proper explanation.
A more plausible explanation is that the client connects to a centralized control server (skype network) then acquires a list of 'hubs' (other skype clients with open ports) to for a network for ur calls.
giz02 4 months ago
I have the same actually
GamingFromFinland 4 months ago
Oh shit, I just found I have the exact same problem right now. Ever find out what it was? About to uninstall skype and reboot.
DeTaiL 4 months ago
Skype listens on port 443, 80, & a random port for incomming connections(calls)
Nothing wrong with ur skype, Inbound connections are people in ur contact list.
Also, skype executes an UPNP command to automaticly forward the ports above.
MrUbernub 7 months ago
I used NetLimiter3.
giz02 8 months ago
how do u get to see all the ports n stuff like that u gotta have some program or what?
wetback626 9 months ago