Skype preparing “enterprise-friendly” version
September 25th, 2006 by Dan York
Skype has now indicated that they will be preparing an “enterprise-friendly” version of their product. The CIO news item does not give many details, but does offer this:
The update will allow system administrators to use standard Windows management tools to set how the Skype software connects to the Internet, or to disable any of half a dozen functions, including file transfers
It references work Skype did with Intel that involved some type of network edge proxy server that apparently allowed Skype connections to be blocked if deemed necessary. Stay tuned for more information.
September 26th, 2006 at 12:02 am
[…] The VoIPSA blog offers some interesting information about a forthcoming version of Skype that will allow administrators to manage Skype use within the enterprise–specifically, restricting access to certain Skype functions such as file transfers. This talking point is clearly a response to the people security issues surrounding the application. But if they charge for this product, what an insult. Networking pros have to understand how protocols work and be able to predict their behavior in order to truly secure the network. Handing over *that* much trust to Skype (”hey, use our enterprise product to secure your Skype use we’re STILL not telling you how it works) doesn’t sound like it will go over well in the I.T. manager community. […]