Research Group Pushes to Ban Skype

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?"

Not if

[Cruithne]

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

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

Re:Not if

[Cruithne]

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

Did this research group forget something?

[kihjin]

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.

The power of documentation?

[aussie_a]

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.

Re:grammer natzi!

[Anonymous Coward]

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

Amateur.

Re:Recursive Loop

[itsme1234]

I think it's turtles all the way down:

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

Re:Not if

[Anonymous Coward]

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

Re:Vast government powers

[ScrewMaster]

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