Can You Control Skype?
Published March 23rd, 2006 in Firewalls, Intrusion Detection/Prevention, Security, Skype, SonicWALLMike Rothman posted an article on Skype and the need to control it in many environments. His opinion is that will be very difficult to control it on the network side of thing and he recommends controlling at the endpoint. I thought it would be a good time to bring out that SonicWALL is very effective at blocking Skype at the gateway. In fact, SonicWALL’s IDS/IPS engine is extremely effective and blocking all types of p2p traffic. Amazing capabilities for the prices.
ps: I really like Mike Rothman’s Security Incite Rants… I’ve only been reading them for a couple weeks, but very realistic and balanced viewpoints.
I think most any decent firewall and IPS can block Skype traffic. I also like Mike Rothmans Security Incite blog and appreciate his tell like it is style. I have been reading your blog as well and it is very good! Good Luck with it!
Thanks Alan…A thorough evaluation of SMB IPS firewalls is ‘on my list’. I see many reports of p2p apps ‘getting through’, but have not analyzed the have’s from the have-not’s.