This just came in from the University's (MN) networking folks. No version numbers were given though.

Skype is vulnerable to a remote user attack. And to make matters worse, this is potentially a single UDP packet attack. If you or your users use Skype, then please upgrade it ASAP.

Also, if you or your users are using Skype, then PLEASE turn it off when not in use. When left online for long periods of time (read: more than 24 hours or so), Skype tends to get elected as a "supernode". This results in large amounts of extra network traffic as other people's calls and queries are routed through the "supernode" computers.


-mike