Peter Thermos wrote: > Interesting comment from Skype: > > "The disruption was triggered by a massive restart of our users' computers > across the globe within a very short timeframe as they re-booted after > receiving a routine set of patches through Windows Update." > > and > > "We can confirm categorically that no malicious activities were attributed > or that our users' security was not, at any point, at risk." > http://heartbeat.skype.com/2007/08/what_happened_on_august_16.html >
Or as the New Zealand Herald put it: Windows blamed for Skype crash - 21 Aug 2007 - NZ Herald: Technology News from New Zealand and around the World http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10458978 "Skype has now identified and already introduced a number of improvements to its software to ensure that our users will not be similarly affected in the unlikely possibility of this combination of events recurring," said the blog. -- If the unlike event is referring to Windows users automatic updates, I wouldn't bet on it. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]