Design and implementation of a Skype protocol analyzer

Ray Guang Cheng; Po Yao Tsai; Ping Chen Lin; Chia Liang Lian; Tse Han Liu; Hsien Cheng Chou; Shiao-Li Tsao; Shanchieh Yang

doi:10.1109/CNS.2013.6682735

Design and implementation of a Skype protocol analyzer

Ray Guang Cheng, Po Yao Tsai, Ping Chen Lin, Chia Liang Lian, Tse Han Liu, Hsien Cheng Chou, Shiao-Li Tsao, Shanchieh Yang

Department of Computer Science

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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Abstract

Proprietary protocols on the Internet often pose challenges for users and analysts to determine how secure the applications are or how easy private information can be accessed. This work presents a tool that processes packets generated by Skype and analyzes its proprietary implementation. The goal of the exercise is to determine how one may reverse engineer a proprietary protocol and obtain private information. The results demonstrate that a buddy-list of a target user can be obtained through the developed Skype Protocol Analyzer.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2013 IEEE Conference on Communications and Network Security, CNS 2013
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society
Pages	375-376
Number of pages	2
ISBN (Print)	9781479908950
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/CNS.2013.6682735
State	Published - 1 Jan 2013
Event	1st IEEE International Conference on Communications and Network Security, CNS 2013 - Washington, DC, United States Duration: 14 Oct 2013 → 16 Oct 2013

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Name	2013 IEEE Conference on Communications and Network Security, CNS 2013

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Conference	1st IEEE International Conference on Communications and Network Security, CNS 2013
Country/Territory	United States
City	Washington, DC
Period	14/10/13 → 16/10/13

Keywords

Privacy
Protocol
Skype

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Cheng, R. G., Tsai, P. Y., Lin, P. C., Lian, C. L., Liu, T. H., Chou, H. C., Tsao, S.-L., & Yang, S. (2013). Design and implementation of a Skype protocol analyzer. In 2013 IEEE Conference on Communications and Network Security, CNS 2013 (pp. 375-376). Article 6682735 (2013 IEEE Conference on Communications and Network Security, CNS 2013). IEEE Computer Society. https://doi.org/10.1109/CNS.2013.6682735

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Design and implementation of a Skype protocol analyzer. / Cheng, Ray Guang; Tsai, Po Yao; Lin, Ping Chen et al.
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