Topic: How to block Skype

[christian]

On the back of the blocking of P2P traffic, has anyone found a free way of terminating skype sessions? ipp2p does not.

I do allow Skype during certain hours but not in others. So I need to be able to stop new sessions from starting and terminate any active sessions at a certain time of day.

I have been able to use iptables to block new Skype sessions from starting and I use cutter to terminate active sessions on other applications but Skype seems immune to termination by cutter (which is not surprising).

Any pointers would be appreciated.

edit: ugh! i just realized this and the torrent question should probably be in the general section. Feel free to move.

[CharlieBrady]

The Skype protocol is proprietary, and also secured with reasonably sound encryption (if this is correct):

http://technocrat.net/d/2006/3/23/1563/

so maybe it's not surprising that it withstands attempted disruption. It's unlikely to be perfect - so good luck!

[chris burnat]

edit: ugh! i just realized this and the torrent question should probably be in the general section. Feel free to move.

Done - no worries.