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Re: Skype in the production environment


From: "John C. Gale" <john_gale () UNCG EDU>
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:58:20 -0400

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Todd Bossaller wrote:
I have had a couple questions about using Skype in our production environment.  What security risks does Skype pose?  
The articles I read have been somewhat positive and somewhat negative.   Does anyone else use Skype?
What's the general consensus?

I recall a good thread on this topic a couple of years ago on unisog.

http://lists.sans.org/pipermail/unisog/2006-May/thread.html

I agree both ideologicially and technically with the folks at UCSB.
http://www.oit.ucsb.edu/connect/skype.asp

Cheers

John

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