I have not followed skype thread.  I will look up the meaning.  My comments 
were of a general nature.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Russell McMahon" <apptech@paradise.net.nz>
To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." <piclist@mit.edu>
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 10:48 AM
Subject: Re: [OT]:: Teamspeak - any Skype type tendencies


>>>         http://www.goteamspeak.com/
>>>
>>> It looks good*, BUT has it got wany of the nasty habits of Skype or
>>> is
>>> it a good citizen?
>
>> It is closed-source, just as Skype,
>
> which is why I asked about people's experience of it.
>
>> Since the user base is
>> much smaller than e.g. Skype's,
>
> About 1/3 of Skype's userbase AFAIK, which would be substantial.
> It's so large (if it is) while relatively uinheard of as it was
> developed for the gamer community to allow globally distributed teams
> to communicate effectively while participating in multiplayer games.
> This tends to be a reasonably "techno savy" community who will not
> tolerate too too much intrusion from their products. My son has used
> it in this capacity for a considerable period and spedka highly of it
> *BUT* I was looking for independent opinions from people who were
> experienced in its use. I can well enough work out all the might-be's
> and cant-see's etc myself, but there's no substitute for practical
> experience from others.
>
>
>> "Potential security risk" is one of these doublespeak type words.
>> Designed to impress the reader without saying much
>> if anything at all.
>
> Only if eg I say it and eg you critique it :-).
>
> I went back and put the "potentially" in retrospectively to try and
> make the meaning clearer. What I was *trying* to convey was:
>
>    Any product that does its very very best to bypass security
> arrangements as a matter of course must be an attaractive target for
> others who would hope to be able to use it as a conduit for their own
> nefarious products. I was seeking to convey not that it constituted a
> ecurity risk in its own right but because it might provide a means of
> attack for others to utilise.
>
> Maybe I didn't make that as clear as I hoped it would be.
>
>
>
>        Russell
>
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