Title
Analysis of information leakage from encrypted Skype conversations
Abstract
Voice over IP (VoIP) has experienced a tremendous growth over the last few years and is now widely used among the population and for business purposes. The security of such VoIP systems is often assumed, creating a false sense of privacy. This paper investigates in detail the leakage of information from Skype, a widely used and protected VoIP application. Experiments have shown that isolated phonemes can be classified and given sentences identified. By using the dynamic time warping (DTW) algorithm, frequently used in speech processing, an accuracy of 60% can be reached. The results can be further improved by choosing specific training data and reach an accuracy of 83% under specific conditions. The initial results being speaker dependent, an approach involving the Kalman filter is proposed to extract the kernel of all training signals.
Year
DOI
Venue
2010
10.1007/s10207-010-0111-4
Int. J. Inf. Sec.
Keywords
Field
DocType
dynamic time warping,false sense,specific training data,kalman filter,voip application,specific condition,training signal,information leakage,voip system,initial result,business purpose,information security · privacy · skype · voice over ip voip,encrypted skype conversation,speech processing,information security,voice over ip
Population,Speech processing,Dynamic time warping,Information leakage,Computer science,Computer security,Information security,Encryption,Kalman filter,Speech recognition,Voice over IP
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
9
5
1615-5270
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
5
0.77
8
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Benoît Dupasquier150.77
Stefan Burschka2434.87
Kieran McLaughlin320822.19
Sakir Sezer4101084.22