California: San Jose State Weighs Skype Ban

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Interesting....

Via The Merc.

[snip]

An effort by San Jose State University to ban the Skype phone service
has been put on hold in the face of fierce objections from students and
staff.

Administrators said they would meet with eBay, the owner of Skype, next
Tuesday in order to give the San Jose-based company an opportunity to
address the university's concerns about network security.

San Jose State is the third California university to impose
restrictions on Skype.

In January, the University of California, Santa Barbara announced it
was prohibiting Skype because the license agreement it presented to
users gave third parties access to the university's network. UC-Santa
Barbara said it would allow other computer-calling services.

[snip]

More:
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/breaking_news/15576648.htm

- ferg


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