UKVoIPTalk.com

Went into the office and found the PC chomping away at something,
Netmeter showed 6 kbytes/s traffic both up and down.

IPtools showed 14 screens of TCP connections to skype.exe processes,
at least 400 active connections to a huge range of external IPs.

Router firewall reported 2000 active streams (its limit) rebooted it
with a new limit of 2500 and they were quickly filled up too.

Email and web browsing very unreliable, lots of timeouts.

Looked like dear old 192.168.0.35 had become part of Skype's
infrastructure again. Couldn't even make a Skype call as it couldn't
find a proxy ! bit off when it overloads the system to the point where
it can't work itself.

Such is life, Skype get paid millions by Ebay and I get to provide an
infinitesimal part of their infrastructure :-)

Phil
--

Usenet spam eaten by a Hamster [url]http://www.tglsoft.de/[/url]
No more cable clowns :-))
Please do not feed or re-quote the trolls.

"Phil Thompson" <phil.thompson@spamcop.net> wrote in message
news:3hjem251mruik32sncb2aap6n2vqfahdpq@4ax.com...[color=blue]
> Went into the office and found the PC chomping away at something,
> Netmeter showed 6 kbytes/s traffic both up and down.
>
> IPtools showed 14 screens of TCP connections to skype.exe processes,
> at least 400 active connections to a huge range of external IPs.
>
> Router firewall reported 2000 active streams (its limit) rebooted it
> with a new limit of 2500 and they were quickly filled up too.
>
> Email and web browsing very unreliable, lots of timeouts.
>
> Looked like dear old 192.168.0.35 had become part of Skype's
> infrastructure again. Couldn't even make a Skype call as it couldn't
> find a proxy ! bit off when it overloads the system to the point where
> it can't work itself.
>
> Such is life, Skype get paid millions by Ebay and I get to provide an
> infinitesimal part of their infrastructure :-)
>
> Phil
> --
>
> Usenet spam eaten by a Hamster [url]http://www.tglsoft.de/[/url]
> No more cable clowns :-))
> Please do not feed or re-quote the trolls.[/color]

Skpe uses your PC as a supernode. Search Skype's website for supernode.

Philip old boy, wasn't it you a week or so ago that described Skype
as [quote] "a dead end, so we're not going there" ?

Tell us it was an imposter who installed this parasite on your office
PC and regain your credibility with the Group!

Graham.

%Profound_observation%

On Fri, 24 Nov 2006 21:50:17 -0000, "Graham" <me@privacy.com> wrote:
[color=blue]
>Tell us it was an imposter who installed this parasite on your office
>PC and regain your credibility with the Group![/color]

you have to test these things out to understand how they work and
their impact, then figure out how to solve any problems that arise.
Otherwise when asked for advice I wouldn't have a clue.


Phil
--

Usenet spam eaten by a Hamster [url]http://www.tglsoft.de/[/url]
No more cable clowns :-))
Please do not feed or re-quote the trolls.

"Phil Thompson" <phil.thompson@spamcop.net> wrote in message
news:v3sem25l8qe3udi4der01jfuagtdi7jgf7@4ax.com...[color=blue]
> On Fri, 24 Nov 2006 21:50:17 -0000, "Graham" <me@privacy.com> wrote:
>[color=green]
>>Tell us it was an imposter who installed this parasite on your office
>>PC and regain your credibility with the Group![/color]
>
> you have to test these things out to understand how they work and
> their impact, then figure out how to solve any problems that arise.
> Otherwise when asked for advice I wouldn't have a clue.
>
>
> Phil[/color]

Good answer.
I have a spare expendable system for experiments like that.
Its amazing what Win98 will pick up if left in the DMZ for
an hour or two.

--

Graham.

%Profound_observation%

On Fri, 24 Nov 2006 20:00:06 +0000, Phil Thompson
<phil.thompson@spamcop.net> wrote:
[color=blue]
>Went into the office and found the PC chomping away at something,
>Netmeter showed 6 kbytes/s traffic both up and down.
>
>IPtools showed 14 screens of TCP connections to skype.exe processes,
>at least 400 active connections to a huge range of external IPs.
>
>Router firewall reported 2000 active streams (its limit) rebooted it
>with a new limit of 2500 and they were quickly filled up too.
>
>Email and web browsing very unreliable, lots of timeouts.
>
>Looked like dear old 192.168.0.35 had become part of Skype's
>infrastructure again. Couldn't even make a Skype call as it couldn't
>find a proxy ! bit off when it overloads the system to the point where
>it can't work itself.
>
>Such is life, Skype get paid millions by Ebay and I get to provide an
>infinitesimal part of their infrastructure :-)
>
>Phil[/color]

The Skype Network Administrators guide claims that you shouldn't
notice any decrease in performance when being used as a supernode.
Clearly their claim just isn't true.

"In addition, given the strict bandwidth limit placed on supernodes
and relay hosts, Skype end users cannot tell the difference beween a
given computer being used as a regular Skype node, supernode, or relay
host because the capabilities required to support the additional
functionality are transparent and have no noticable impact on a given
computer's performance."

See [url]http://www.skype.com/security/guide-for-network-admins-30beta.pdf[/url]
for full details.

I run Skype 24x7 and have done so for the last two years.

I have never suffered any such problems so can only assume it must be your
local configuration :-)

"Phil Thompson" <phil.thompson@spamcop.net> wrote in message
news:v3sem25l8qe3udi4der01jfuagtdi7jgf7@4ax.com...[color=blue]
> On Fri, 24 Nov 2006 21:50:17 -0000, "Graham" <me@privacy.com> wrote:
>[color=green]
>>Tell us it was an imposter who installed this parasite on your office
>>PC and regain your credibility with the Group![/color]
>
> you have to test these things out to understand how they work and
> their impact, then figure out how to solve any problems that arise.
> Otherwise when asked for advice I wouldn't have a clue.
>
>
> Phil
> --
>
> Usenet spam eaten by a Hamster [url]http://www.tglsoft.de/[/url]
> No more cable clowns :-))
> Please do not feed or re-quote the trolls.[/color]

"Paul W" <paul@nospam.me.uk> wrote in message
news:grahh.11314$z01.2826@newsfe3-gui.ntli.net[color=blue]
> I run Skype 24x7 and have done so for the last two years.
>
> I have never suffered any such problems so can only
> assume it must be your local configuration :-)[/color]

There seems to be a problem with the configuration of your newsreader,
it's top posting..!

Ivor

On Sun, 17 Dec 2006 17:19:05 -0000, "Ivor Jones"
<ivor@despammed.invalid> wrote:
[color=blue]
>
>
>"Paul W" <paul@nospam.me.uk> wrote in message
>news:grahh.11314$z01.2826@newsfe3-gui.ntli.net[color=green]
>> I run Skype 24x7 and have done so for the last two years.
>>
>> I have never suffered any such problems so can only
>> assume it must be your local configuration :-)[/color]
>
>There seems to be a problem with the configuration of your newsreader,
>it's top posting..!
>
>Ivor
>[/color]

Wanker

<me@privacy.net> wrote in message
news:6h4do2liof810nv4napb2aqo54it8qeqnd@4ax.com[color=blue]
> On Sun, 17 Dec 2006 17:19:05 -0000, "Ivor Jones"
> <ivor@despammed.invalid> wrote:
>[color=green]
> > "Paul W" <paul@nospam.me.uk> wrote in message
> > news:grahh.11314$z01.2826@newsfe3-gui.ntli.net[color=darkred]
> > > I run Skype 24x7 and have done so for the last two
> > > years.
> > >
> > > I have never suffered any such problems so can only
> > > assume it must be your local configuration :-)[/color]
> >
> > There seems to be a problem with the configuration of
> > your newsreader, it's top posting..!
> >
> > Ivor
> >[/color]
>
> Wanker[/color]

Ah, the old "I know I'm wrong so I'll swear" defence.

It doesn't work.

<plonk>

Ivor