Re: Skype?

["Stanclift, Michael" <michael.stanclift () ROCKHURST EDU>]

Do you have a link for that ADM? 

Michael Stanclift
Network Analyst
Rockhurst University

http://help.rockhurst.edu
(816) 501-4231


-----Original Message-----
From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Tupker, 
Mike
Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 10:56 AM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Skype?

Do you work for a university?
Yes.

If you work for a university, does that university have a health sciences center?
Nursing

Are you blocking Skype?
Currently yes for most people. Phone tech uses it for troubleshooting.

Recently we have had more and more requests to allow the use of skype on the network from professors. Reasons range 
from personal to collaborative. I've been highly resisting allowing people to use it since we only have a 6mb 
connection for our employees. I have also deployed the Skype ADM template and blocked the skype clients from becoming 
supernodes as well as controlling some other functions.

Mike Tupker
Systems Administrator
Mount Mercy College
Office: (319) 363-1323 x1401
Mobile: (319) 538-1644
If you need assistance with an computer issue please contact the helpdesk at x4357 or http://help.mtmercy.edu.


-----Original Message-----
From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Clark, 
Sean
Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 10:30 AM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: [SECURITY] Skype?

We are trying to gather info on how our peer institutions are handling Skype on their networks.  The two biggest 
concerns that we have are the security risks associated with Skype and how universities are handling funding for the 
increased Internet bandwidth associated with Skype, since Skype is essentially transferring costs from long distance 
carrier expenditures to expenses associated with Internet bandwidth usage.

Since we are a large university that includes a health sciences center (with all of the security concerns that come 
with handling private data such as PHI) I'm open to feedback from all universities, but particularly interested in 
those institutions that have health sciences centers.

Specific questions

Do you work for a university?

If you work for a university, does that university have a health sciences center?

Are you blocking Skype?

If you are not blocking Skype, how are you handling the security concerns associates with Skype?

If you are not blocking Skype, have you addressed the increased network bandwidth costs, or are you just eating the 
extra bandwidth?

Other discussion, thoughts and responses are, of course, encouraged, but the above information would be particularly 
useful for me in preparation for the questions that I foresee coming from our upper management in the near future.

Thank you.

Sean Clark
Manager, IT Security/Email/UNIX Systems
UCDenver IT Services
Sean.Clark () UCDenver edu