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Re: Skype?
From: "Stanclift, Michael" <michael.stanclift () ROCKHURST EDU>
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2009 12:58:36 -0600
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
Current thread:
- Skype? Clark, Sean (Feb 03)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Skype? Basgen, Brian (Feb 03)
- Re: Skype? Tupker, Mike (Feb 03)
- Re: Skype? Mike Porter (Feb 03)
- Re: Skype? Basgen, Brian (Feb 03)
- Re: Skype? Stanclift, Michael (Feb 03)
- Re: Skype? Mike Porter (Feb 03)
- Re: Skype? Tupker, Mike (Feb 03)