RE: Skype & IPS vendor claims

["Basgen, Brian" <bbasgen () pima edu>]

 Tipping Point blocks Skype under its P2P category.

 Someone asked why block it. Read the Skype ULA, which essentially says
they can use your network for relaying traffic. 

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Brian Basgen
IT Security Architect
Pima Community College
 
 
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vladimir Parkhaev [mailto:vladimir () arobas net] 
> Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 9:08 AM
> To: focus-ids () lists securityfocus com
> Subject: Skype & IPS vendor claims
>
>
> Greetings,
>
> Many IPS vendors are claiming that their devices can block Skype. 
> Reading "An Analysis of the Skype Peer-to-Peer Internet 
> Telephony Protocol" 
> (http://www1.cs.columbia.edu/~library/TR-repository/reports/re
> ports-2004/cucs-039-04.pdf),
> paper I fail to see how those claims can be true. 
>
>
> Has anyone looked into blocking Skype?
>
>
> Thanks.
>
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