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Today, the Department of Physics at Cambridge issued a memo to all staff and students, blocking the use of Skype ...

 
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Old 19-10-05, 8:53 AM
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Uni of Cambridge bans Skype

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Today, the Department of Physics at Cambridge issued a memo to all staff and students, blocking the use of Skype on the University data network (CUDN). Users were alerted to recent security compromises and back-door intrusion attempts on machines running Skype.
(originally posted Monday)

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http://connect.educause.edu/blog/cat..._concerns/1400
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