more on re: Ban corporate Skype usage immediately, says Info-Tech Research Group]

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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Subject: 	[Dewayne-Net] re: Ban corporate Skype usage immediately, says 
Info-Tech Research Group
Date:   Tue, 15 Nov 2005 04:48:49 -0800
From:   Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com>
Reply-To:       dewayne () warpspeed com
To:     Dewayne-Net Technology List <dewayne-net () warpspeed com>
References:     <1131953498.8694.146.camel () thomasleavitt is-a-geek org>



[Note:  This comment comes from reader Thomas Leavitt.  DLH]

> From: Thomas Leavitt <thomas () thomasleavitt org>
> Date: November 13, 2005 11:31:38 PM PST
> To: dewayne () warpspeed com
> Subject: Re: [Dewayne-Net] Ban corporate Skype usage immediately,  
> says Info-Tech Research Group
>
> Dewayne,
>
> While I understand and agree with the concerns regarding closed-source
> encryption algorithms, it would seem that, with 17 million corporate
> Skype users, and untold millions more personal users, any
> vulnerabilities would have already been exposed and utilized...  
> yet, to
> date, I haven't heard of a single report of even a "skilled" cracker,
> yet alone a "mediocre" one, exploiting Skype... have you? On the other
> hand, I can name quite a few other pieces of widely deployed software
> with known (and frequently exploited) security vulnerabilities that
> remain in use throughout corporate America. So why single out Skype?
>
> Regards,
> Thomas Leavitt

Weblog at: <http://weblog.warpspeed.com>


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