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]]> http://aralbalkan.com/401/comment-page-1#comment-9435 Etienne Sat, 27 Jan 2007 16:43:04 +0000 #comment-9435 I also found Skype doing this and after a bit of googling found out it has been a bit of an issue with any web server people run locally. My question is however why does skype bind to port 80 (or other ports?) and what hidden security risks could this pose? After all block certain IP ranges and skype's functionality starts to vanish even for IP ranges allowed by you, with multiple connections to various places I'm starting to feel a little uncomfortable with the whole "skype" idea. I also found Skype doing this and after a bit of googling found out it has been a bit of an issue with any web server people run locally. My question is however why does skype bind to port 80 (or other ports?) and what hidden security risks could this pose? After all block certain IP ranges and skype’s functionality starts to vanish even for IP ranges allowed by you, with multiple connections to various places I’m starting to feel a little uncomfortable with the whole “skype” idea.

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