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CERN's IT department bans Skype

May 30, 2005 02:58 AM

Topics: Europe | Security | counterpoints | stories

Their statement: Restrictions on running Skype P2P software at CERN. Because Skype clients help each other find others on the net (acting as supernodes), basically behaving too much like KaZaA. via physics professor Jacques Distler's thoughtful blog post.

The stated reason seems a little shaky to me. Aside from the unsavoury nature of its cousins, the P2P filesharing programs, I don’t see why skype supernodes would pose an undue burden on the CERN network. It seems to be more of an “It’s the principle of the thing!” issue, than an actual concern about bandwidth or network performance.
Does your IT organization have a Skype policy? What makes an informed, useful, and effective policy? What concerns should it address?

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Posted by: craig at May 30, 2005 10:12 PM

ya know...

words such as banning and censored---taboo...only bring MORE attention to those things. :-)

this will probably work in their favor...think rebellious youth

craig

Posted by: Nic Wise at May 31, 2005 2:48 PM

We have a policy. Use it as much as possible. End of policy :)

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