Strange Skype Network Activity - Even on Linux

August 18th, 2008 | by Tony Steidler-Dennison |

It quickly became apparent that the only thing that was running was Skype, which I had forgotten, running on my laptop under Mandriva Linux. I stopped Skype, and the internet activity stopped immediately. GRRRRRR! What the heck was going on? Skype has said, many times, that a system located behind and NAT router (network address translation) would not be chosen for use as one of their “SuperNodes”, but it certainly appears that this is what had happened.

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