Signal to Noise

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.