Re: Skype in the production environment

[Cal Frye <cjf () CALFRYE COM>]

> 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?

> John C. Gale wrote:
> 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

Our situation is a bit different. Our language department uses Skype in
the lab as a means of connecting a classroom of students here with their
foreign counterparts in other locations. It works well for them in this
situation.

IMHO, the bandwidth concerns can be mitigated by careful application of
bandwidth management appliances, without impairing the use of Skype as
our users intend. My users may have pledged use of their bandwidth, but
it's my job to issue them only enough to keep Skype sane...

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