This counts connection attempts identified as Skype's peer-to-peer protocol specifically, since Skype historically routed calls through P2P supernodes rather than pure client-server infrastructure. Unlike the file-sharing P2P protocols above, blocking Skype connections has a direct business-communication impact, so an admin seeing this counter climb needs to weigh whether the security policy is inadvertently disrupting a tool employees rely on for calls rather than assuming it reflects abuse. For example, a spike in blocked Skype connection attempts right after a policy tightening, followed by help-desk tickets about employees losing the ability to make Skype calls.