[asterisk-biz] ANI

Steve Totaro stotaro at totarotechnologies.com
Fri May 9 11:18:46 CDT 2008


Like I said earlier, Asterisk can take ANI, it just takes some clues and work.

Thanks,
Steve Totaro

On 5/9/08, Mike Hammett <asterisk-biz at ics-il.net> wrote:
> Well, it wasn't really of spoofing, perse, but if the CNID received on a
> toll free is the ANI, since toll free gets passed ANI, but from what I can
> see it is not.
>
>
> ----------
> Mike Hammett
> Intelligent Computing Solutions
> http://www.ics-il.com
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>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Miles Scruggs" <asterisk at wideideas.com>
> To: "Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion"
> <asterisk-biz at lists.digium.com>
> Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 10:41 AM
> Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] ANI
>
>
>>I don't see how that wouldn't apply since there still exists a calling
>> party and receiving party, and carrier.  Since the question was of
>> spoofing it wouldn't make much sense to think of spoofing happening on
>> the receiving end.
>>
>> You simply have no assurance that the ANI/CID you are receiving is in
>> fact valid. It is suppose to be but that is as far as you can go.
>>
>> On May 9, 2008, at 8:30 AM, Steve Totaro wrote:
>>> Oh, I was speaking of inbound only LD (toll free) PRIs.  Maybe I am
>>> way off topic for this thread.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Steve Totaro
>>>
>>> On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 11:18 AM, Miles Scruggs
>>> <asterisk at wideideas.com> wrote:
>>>> This belief is limited to your experience with PRIs.  When you obtain
>>>> SIP termination services from ATT, Verizon, or Level 3.  They have no
>>>> way of verifying what ANI/CID you are sending.  It doesn't matter if
>>>> you are calling 800s or not, they bill it back to the CID that you
>>>> pass (not to say that your carrier won't bill you as well since they
>>>> see the calls go through their switches, but they more than likely
>>>> won't see the reciprocal billing from the receiving LEC).  Want a
>>>> proof of concept?  Setup an account with a small terminating provider
>>>> like Junction networks, send all your calls out with the ANI of your
>>>> cell phone. Last step will be to recoil in horror next time you open
>>>> your cell phone bill. I'm not saying they can't track you down, or
>>>> trace abuse back to you, since everything is logged, but very little
>>>> verification happens.
>>>>
>>>> If you are sending thousands of calls per day to a trunk that is
>>>> outbound only, from thousands of different parties, you don't have to
>>>> delve into to much logic to see the obvious result.
>>>>
>>>> Cheer
>>>>
>>>> Miles
>>>>
>>>> On May 9, 2008, at 7:33 AM, Steve Totaro wrote:
>>>>> I may be wrong here but I do not believe that ANI can be spoofed.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_number_identification
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Steve Totaro
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 10:03 AM,  <nigel.dennis at sympatico.ca> wrote:
>>>>>> Mike... The reason why collection services, skip tracers and
>>>>>> private
>>>>>> investigators ask to call back on their 800 toll free is simply
>>>>>> because you
>>>>>> can not spood your ANI to a 800 #.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ________________________________
>>>>>> From: "Mike Hammett" <asterisk-biz at ics-il.net>
>>>>>> Reply-To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk
>>>>>> Discussion<asterisk-biz at lists.digium.com>
>>>>>> To: <asterisk-biz at lists.digium.com>
>>>>>> Subject: [asterisk-biz] ANI
>>>>>> Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 08:29:48 -0500
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is the CID of a call to a toll free number really the ANI,
>>>>>> therefore not
>>>>>> spoofed or blocked?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Someone who's opinion I respect said it generally is, but he wasn't
>>>>>> sure.
>>>>>> Since I have a potential customer coming to me with an ANI
>>>>>> requirement, not
>>>>>> a CID requirement, I figured I should make sure.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ----------
>>>>>> Mike Hammett
>>>>>> Intelligent Computing Solutions
>>>>>> http://www.ics-il.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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