Skype Video

[Don and/or Mila Trombley]

I wonder what is "CVE"? 
Thanks, Don.
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From: <mcr at xdsinc.net>
To: "The Canadian Ubuntu Users Community" <ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com>
Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007 4:53 AM
Subject: Re: Skype Video


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>>>>>> "Daniel" == Daniel Robitaille <robitaille at gmail.com> writes:
>    >> Say no to SKYPE.  How many CVE's have been reported in SKYPE this
>    >> year?
> 
>    Daniel> if I believe the search engine at nvd.nist.gov, only one in
>    Daniel> 2007:
> 
>    Daniel> http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2007-4429
> 
>    Daniel> Interestingly, WengoPhone also got one this year:
>    Daniel> http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2007-4366
> 
>    Daniel> I didn't find any CVE for Gizmo this year.
> 
>    Daniel> I'm not proposing he use or non-use of Skype, or free vs
>    Daniel> close source here.  But the number of CVE in a calendar year
>    Daniel> is probably not the best metric to use; security
>    Daniel> vulnerabilities occurs in all software people use, open or
>    Daniel> close source.
> 
>  When Skype has a CVE, you are screwed. (And I don't know that Skype
> had CVEs issues for all their bugs)
> 
>  When WebPhone has a CVE, you switch to Gizmo. Or VV.
>  Or switch from a CISCO SIP phone to a Grandstream SIP phone.  
>  You can do that with standards. You can't do that with closed systems.
> It's not about open source. It's about open standards.
> 
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