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Yesterday, while testing the new Skype of Mac beta, we noticed that the service was experiencing some server problems and the Skype posted a note admitting as much and claiming the issue would be resolved in twenty-four hours.
While Skype isn't completely back up for all users, it appears that a significant portion of the network is back up and running, though what went wrong is still a little unclear.
Yesterday, George Ou at ZDNet posted a [message][4] from Valery Marchuk of SecurityLab.ru which claimed that a code exploit published by an anonymous user could have been the culprit in the Skype outage, a charge Skype denies.
There's a new note up on the Skype "Heartbeat" page [which reads][2]:
>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.
Although Skype has [not responded][3] to most media inquires, Skype representatives [tell the New York Times][1]: "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."
They also went on to say that the service may not be fully restored for a little while. "There is a chance this could go on beyond tomorrow, but it’s our hope that it’s going to be resolved," said Kurt Sauer, Skype’s chief security officer.
Apparently Skype knows what the problem is, but can't seem to find a way to fix it. So far the outage has affected an estimated 220 million users.
[1]: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/17/business/17ebay.html?ex=1345003200&en=cccaa6da8a8347fb&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss
[2]: http://heartbeat.skype.com/2007/08/the_latest_on_the_skype_signon.html
[3]: http://blog.wired.com/business/2007/08/skype-wont-comm.html
[4]: http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/?p=683
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