I love Skype and use it at home quite frequently; it has become an integral part in how I collaborate.

I work in an environment where Instant Messaging is only allowed through special Instant Messaging proxies such that file/image transfer is not permitted - only chat. Additionally, all such traffic must go through a corporate firewall so the connections can be monitored to see who is using it and where they are connecting to.

For Skype to be allowed in my environment, it must be proxied such that only Skype's voice chat and Instant Messaging chat may pass in or out of the proxy.

File/Image transfer must be completely disabled, and monitoring capabilities would be an added incentive for adoption.

I am frankly suprised that no such tool exists, and I think Skype misses a great opprotunity to support large computing environments by lacking such a Proxy Software.

Has anyone else experienced this problem or came up with a good solution that would be kind enough to share their experiences with me? Please let me know via responding post or pm.

Thanks,

Devi0s

Hi Devi0s

You might want to check out the last pages of

Skype Suggestions Forum- web version - neat way to elimate OS barriers
Is this the kind of solutions you are looking at ?

I'm not sure I understand what you are telling me to do, and I don't know what OS barriers you speak of. I did not mention anything that has to do with OS barriers/restrictions - only network policies and restrictions.

Dude if you go and read the posts the last 2 pages concern network polices, network hardware and restrictions

Dude if you go and read the posts the last 2 pages concern network polices, network hardware and restrictions