| Skype to address identification concerns |
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| Written by Administrator | |
| Thursday, 22 June 2006 | |
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Skype plans to address the concerns of some IT managers by improving its identity authentication process.
Part of Skype's "wish list" for further expansion into the business market is to enhance username authentication for business customers, the voice over Internet Protocol company said Wednesday. "There's a lot of leverage space in the identity segment," Kurt Sauer, chief security officer for Skype, told ZDNet UK. One security concern for IT managers is that while Skype uses an encrypted public key infrastructure, it automatically authenticates users itself. This means that users cannot authenticate the identity of the people they are communicating with. Full article here |
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