Download Skype 1.2.0.18

Skype allows you to call other users via Voice-over-IP, as it were. No subscription is required for this, just bandwidth to send the voice data back and forth. It is also possible to take out a subscription that allows calls to fixed and mobile telephone numbers. A new version has been released for the Linux platform with 1.2.0.18 and it closes an important security hole. The changelog looks like this:

Version 1.2.0.18:

• bugfix: fixed a bug in networking code that made Skype vulnerable to remotely induced crash (Skype Security Bulletin SKYPE-SB/2005-003)

[break]The following flavors of Skype 1.2.0.18 are available:
SuSE 9 or later RPM
Fedora Core 3RPM
Mandriva 10.1 or later RPM
Debian (also Xandros, MEPIS, Ubuntu, etc.)
Dynamic binary tar.bz2 (requires Qt 3.2)
Static binary tar.bz2 with Qt 3.2