![]() ![]() Don't want any part of that? Check out the Skype IT Administrator Guide (PDF Link) on how to avoid being a SN. If you have a PC with a high-bandwidth connection and you're not using a firewall or network address translation (NAT), odds are good your PC will be picked to be used as a SN. The SN in turn, stores your Skype name, your e-mail address, and an encrypted version of your password. When you login to Skype, you're probably not logging directly into the Skype login-servers but into a SN instead. ![]() If you're a Skype user your PC may not just be an ordinary peer though, but it may also be working as a Super Node (SN) as well. ![]() Doesn't that make you feel good and secure? When you call someone on Skype or show your, ahem, naughty bits, to your boy-friend or girl-friend while sexting, they're passing through any number of PCs from you call him or her. When you make a Skype call your voice and video is encoded with a 256-bit Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) encryption key and then passed from one Skype PC to another between you and whomever you're calling. Skype started as a variation of the now outdated Kazaa P2P file-sharing program. You see, Skype is a modified peer-to-peer (P2P) network application. ![]()
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