Instant Messaging has become one of the most useful tools of communication in these times. The pure speed in which information can be transferred from one end of the globe to the other is phenomenal. However, we are becoming aware of some major implications of the availability of this technology.
Network and Firewall Administrators have been facing a battle to uphold the integrity and productivity of their networks. Some of the major issues they have found with these potentially dangerous applications (P2P, IM’s) are the potential to disclose corporate information (source code etc) in a non mediated forum, the misuse of company resources, legal issues, possible virus incursion and simply the fact that it is another (flavor of the month) type point of attack, potentially jeopardizing the entire network.
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