FaceTime Adds Anti-Skype Tools to IM Security

Iria · Apr 8, 2006, 10:27 AM

IM security specialist FaceTime has joined the ranks of companies that claim to have cracked one of the industry's toughest feats--the ability to detect and filter out Skype 2.0 traffic.

The new version of its IMAuditor platform, now in version 7.0, adds the anti-Skype feature to its already comprehensive IM-detection arsenal, and can also now log and archive WebEx sessions as well.

Blocking and controlling applications such as Skype--considered to be the toughest P2P application to halt--has recently become an important feature on application monitoring systems, although only a tiny number of products currently achieve this through packet analysis.

The system comes in two pieces. The IMAuditor is a proxying appliance that allows applications to be run in a controlled way, as well as monitoring the processes of what the company terms "greynet" software. This could be one of a number of programs such as IM, VoIP, P2P, and conferencing applications.
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Apr 8, 2006, 10:27 AM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 74	FaceTime Adds Anti-Skype Tools to IM Security IM security specialist FaceTime has joined the ranks of companies that claim to have cracked one of the industry's toughest feats--the ability to detect and filter out Skype 2.0 traffic. The new version of its IMAuditor platform, now in version 7.0, adds the anti-Skype feature to its already comprehensive IM-detection arsenal, and can also now log and archive WebEx sessions as well. Blocking and controlling applications such as Skype--considered to be the toughest P2P application to halt--has recently become an important feature on application monitoring systems, although only a tiny number of products currently achieve this through packet analysis. The system comes in two pieces. The IMAuditor is a proxying appliance that allows applications to be run in a controlled way, as well as monitoring the processes of what the company terms "greynet" software. This could be one of a number of programs such as IM, VoIP, P2P, and conferencing applications. ___________ Read More / Source: Yahoo! News