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Research Group Pushes to Ban Skype

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the only-as-secure-as-you-make-it dept.

cowmix writes "Hot on the heals of Skype being purchased by Ebay, a research group called Info-Tech just put out a recommendation to its customers that all corporations should ban the use of Skype on their networks. The reports sites a laundry list of issues it feels plagues Skype, most of which will have a familiar ring (ie the normal anti-IM and P2P talking points). Will this cool Skype's rapid progress into the business arena?"

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  1. Not if by Cruithne · · Score: 4, Funny

    Will this cool Skype's rapid progress into the business arena?"

    Not if a first post on slashdot links to http://www.skype.com/

    1. Re:Not if by Cruithne · · Score: 5, Funny

      If you mod parent up, Skype will become more powerful than TFA could ever imagine...

    2. Re:Not if by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      If they charge a lot of money for membership, they must be good!

  2. Did this research group forget something? by kihjin · · Score: 4, Funny

    Comments Armstrong, "The bottom line is that even a mediocre hacker could take advantage of a Skype vulnerability. If you are going to use Skype within enterprise, manage it as you would any other IT service: with policy and diligence."

    Armstrong, you misspelled Windows.

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  3. The power of documentation? by aussie_a · · Score: 4, Funny

    Approximately 17 million registered Skype users are using the service for business purposes," says Armstrong. "Unless an organization specifies instances where Skype use is acceptable, and outlines rules for client-side Skype settings, that's 17 million opportunities for a hacker to invade a corporate network.

    Wait. So just by having a policy, Skype becomes unhackable? That's incredible. I never knew that a policy (no matter what the policy was) could work so well. Perhaps if all businesses developed a policy like "No computer shall have Windows installed on it" then the amount of hacking businesses suffer from would drop dramatically. All because someone created a document.

    Thanks Info-Tech. You just saved my business!

    P.S. I was being sarcastic. Although creating a policy banning Windows WOULD decrease the amount of hacking that occurs.

  4. Re:grammer natzi! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hey, the Grammar Nazis called and they want to revoke your membership.

    Amateur.

  5. Re:Recursive Loop by itsme1234 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think it's turtles all the way down:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtles_all_the_way_d own

  6. Re:Vast government powers by ScrewMaster · · Score: 2, Funny

    Very few national governments have powers that are truly vast ... half-vast, maybe.

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