Re: Skype through a firewall?

["Paul D. Robertson" <paul () compuwar net>]

On Mon, 28 Aug 2006, Kevin wrote:

> > Oh, sorry Citrix Metaframe is the right answer there.
>
> The goal is as much "key staff use Skype at home and on the road, and
> want the same contact list and UI when in the office" as it is the
> potential for cost savings from free long-distance and dirt cheap
> international calling. A Metaframe deployment would eat these savings
> for breakfast.

The difference between doing something, and doing it in a secure way is 
often "there go the savings."  In fact, I question the security of most 
approaches that don't meet that standard.  This is almost inescapably true 
of VoIP deployments in general.  

However, the Metaframe option is actually infrastrucutre for stupid 
things- so you're buying into a "we're going to do more stupid stuff down 
the road, and it won't cost us as much each time" thing.

[abe]
There's a final alternative, though it's likely to be even more costly 
unless you've got real configuration discipline- drop firewalls and go to 
100% host security.
[/abe]

Paul
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