tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33824486.post115881332131381081..comments2008-12-08T23:11:35.818-08:00Kyle Hansenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17808477375638427496noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33824486.post-1159216760182095412006-09-25T13:39:20.183-07:002006-09-25T13:39:20.183-07:00I'm not very familiar with Skype, but... I work for a school district, technology department, where we try to keep the bad stuff out and let the good stuff in. My daughter uses Skype to call me from collage and for that it is great. Because of what I do for a living I know that things are never as black and white as we sometimes would like them to be. I read the comment sent by Mike and I can see where there could be some real problems. It is not easy to keep up with or ahead of those who will misuse great technology. It's the old saying about one bad apple in the barrel can spoil it for all.<BR/> It would be interesting if you were given the responsibilities and standards that need to be upheld and had to implement them.. what your take would be on this. I'm not taking sides because I do not have all the facts. I can see a lot of good and potential for some real problems with Skype coming from a network / legal end of things.Lisanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33824486.post-1159111947376984332006-09-24T08:32:27.376-07:002006-09-24T08:32:27.376-07:00It's funny all this chest beating about "saving Skype". If you ever sat across from a panel of lawyers who are defending their client against your claim of IP theft, you would not be nearly as friendly to Skype when Skype is what gets the scumbag off. Why? Because Skype is encrypted and unlke IM, there are not any real endpoints that can be tracked. You can not prove that the suspect did or did not talk to the other side and when. There is no telcom records, no IP tracks, no usernames, no content to examine, no log files and so on. From an legal perspective, Skype is a magic bullet to get your client off the hook. To the injuried party, Skype is the devil incarnate where they have just been screwed and didnt even get a kiss out of it.<BR/><BR/>If you want to use Skype, then rules need to be in place, better yet, there needs to be a corporate version of Skype that provides the corporation (school, business etc) certain protections. If Skype is not willing to do that, then people like me will try to ban Skype anywhere other then personal use.MikeShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16774815689031639948noreply@blogger.com