Agreed. If you have a product that claims to block skype, I'd give it a test....
Matt Vladimir Parkhaev wrote: > Quoting Matt Jonkman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): >> What these vendors may be doing it trying to block access to centralized >> login or directory servers by known IP ranges... I don't know if that'll >> be completely effective. >> > > If I understand the protocol correctly, central servers are contacted only on > a first run > (after install). I(D|P)S systems can have sigs with IP addresses of those > servers, but if user X installs Skype client on his corp. laptop at home... > it doesn't help much. > -- -------------------------------------------- Matthew Jonkman, CISSP Senior Security Engineer Infotex 765-429-0398 Direct Anytime 765-448-6847 Office 866-679-5177 24x7 NOC http://my.infotex.com http://www.infotex.com http://www.bleedingsnort.com -------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Test Your IDS Is your IDS deployed correctly? Find out quickly and easily by testing it with real-world attacks from CORE IMPACT. Go to http://www.securityfocus.com/sponsor/CoreSecurity_focus-ids_040708 to learn more. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
