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2006-10-31 Document version 2.0 Beta

Passwords

As discussed earlier, Skype Technologies S.A., never, under any circumstances, requests a

user’s Skype account name or password by e-mail.

Skype passwords are stored as one-way encrypted hash and should remain completely

secret.

Currently, the only places Skype requires a password are for:

• Logging into the Skype client itself,

• Managing users’ Skype account on the web at

https://secure.skype.com/store/member/login.html,

• Logging into other know-to-be-valid Skype accounts such as

https://developer.skype.com or https://skypecasts.skype.com.

If a user wants to create a new password, he or she can go to the account page on the Skype

Web site as long as an e-mail address was provided during registration and that address is

still valid.

Important: Skype maintains two references to each user’s email address, one is in the

profile on the Skype user’s computer. The other is stored in “My Account” on the Skype

website for password recovery. As a result, if the email address changes, it should be

updated in both the user’s Skype client profile and the Skype website.

Adware and Spyware

Neither the Skype client nor the Skype installation program include any adware or

spyware.

However, it is possible to find seemingly legitimate installers on the Internet that, without

appropriate permission, have bundled the Skype client improperly with third-party

software which very well might include adware or spyware.

Therefore, we strongly recommend that you get the most current version of Skype by

downloading it from the Skype Web site at www.skype.com/download.

In addition, Skype software installers for Microsoft Windows XP, Windows 2000, and

Windows Pocket PC 2003, as well as the Skype application itself, are digitally signed.

This enables you to verify the Skype software installer’s digital signature before you install

the Skype client on any of your systems, which prevents you from accidentally installing

any spyware or malware when you install Skype on your network.

In addition, although technically you can perform the digital signature verification test on

the Skype client after the installer has been run, we recommend that you verify the

authenticity of Skype installer before you install the Skype client.

For a detailed explanation of how to perform the digital signature verification test, refer

“Deploying Skype In the Enterprise” later in this document.

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