[Haifux] W2L discussion

[Orr Dunkelman]

Skype is also very widely used, easily installed and activated, and
does the job.

I guess that you never entered a car without 5* in NCAP crush tests,
designed using AAAAA of BBBB (rather than XXX of YYY) manufactured by
ZZZZ, following the latest euro5 emission standard.


On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 2:55 PM, Shlomi Fish <shlomif at iglu.org.il> wrote:
> On Tuesday 02 September 2008, Orr Dunkelman wrote:
>> Dear all,
>>
>> Next week, on Monday, Ohad is going to give a talk about this weird
>> programming language, Ruby. He'll probably also try to convince you
>> all to even go on rails.
>>
>> In any case, it would be a good opportunity to discuss W2L events.
>>
>> As there were very little discussion going on the mailing list (I can
>> argue things with Dotan all day long, and a bit with Adir), I would
>> like to suggest to hold a discussion before Ohad's talk. If somebody
>> will bring a computer with skype, speakers, and a microphone, I will
>
> Skype?
>
> Just a note: Skype is obfuscated, closed, insecure and vulnerable:
>
> *
> http://www.heise-online.co.uk/security/Speculation-over-back-door-in-Skype--/news/111170
>
> * http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2008/07/open-source-skype-scuppered.html
>
> * http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/355
>
> * http://www.google.com/search?q=securiteam%20skype
>
> You should really consider using a more open and more secure alternative.
>
> Regards,
>
>        Shlomi Fish
>
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>



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