Which products can I find in the market to block Skype? has to be in
the perimeter? or has to be in desktop?

Bkiddo wrote:

> Which products can I find in the market to block Skype? has to be in
> the perimeter? or has to be in desktop?


It is possible to block Skype at the perimeter by heuristically trying to
crash Skype using some well-known vulnerabilities.

Blocking it at the desktop is trivial, and most OSes already include a
global no-exec policy.

On Jun 27, 3:10 pm, "Sebastian G." <s... [at] seppig.de> wrote:
> Bkiddo wrote:
> > Which products can I find in the market to block Skype? has to be in
> > the perimeter? or has to be in desktop?
>
> It is possible to block Skype at the perimeter by heuristically trying to
> crash Skype using some well-known vulnerabilities.
>
> Blocking it at the desktop is trivial, and most OSes already include a
> global no-exec policy.



What kind of problems have you had?

rocco wrote:

> On Jun 27, 3:10 pm, "Sebastian G." <s... [at] seppig.de> wrote:
>> Bkiddo wrote:
>>> Which products can I find in the market to block Skype? has to be in
>>> the perimeter? or has to be in desktop?
>> It is possible to block Skype at the perimeter by heuristically trying to
>> crash Skype using some well-known vulnerabilities.
>>
>> Blocking it at the desktop is trivial, and most OSes already include a
>> global no-exec policy.
>
> What kind of problems have you had?

Only some users initially complaining. After about two weeks of strong
ignorance, guided by words like "Well, you're simply not supposed to play
Minesweeper. You're supposed to work here.", a no-exec policy becomes a bless.