http://voipsa.org/blog/2006/09/25/skype-preparing-enterprise-friendly-version/ Collective thoughts and musings on the state of VoIP security today. Thu, 07 Aug 2008 23:01:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://voipsa.org/blog/2006/09/25/skype-preparing-enterprise-friendly-version/#comment-2085 Signal to Noise » Skype prepping Enterprise version Tue, 26 Sep 2006 00:02:09 +0000 http://voipsa.org/blog/2006/09/25/skype-preparing-enterprise-friendly-version/#comment-2085 [...] 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. [...] [...] 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. [...]

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