[asterisk-biz] ANI

[Mike Hammett]

Since when did the big boys not eventually get what they want from the 
government?


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Mike Hammett
Intelligent Computing Solutions
http://www.ics-il.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Totaro" <stotaro at totarotechnologies.com>
To: "Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion" 
<asterisk-biz at lists.digium.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2008 3:26 PM
Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] ANI


> On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 4:08 PM, Alex Balashov
> <abalashov at evaristesys.com> wrote:
>> Bill Michaelson wrote:
>>
>>> Miles Scruggs wrote:
>>>> `
>>>> Welcome to IP baby, you really can't lock it down using the
>>>> traditional methods.  As much as you would like to think that the
>>>> entity converting the IP to PSTN should/would/could/does correctly
>>>> specify the absolute correct ANI/CID it is quite the opposite on a
>>>> large scale.  Unless someone dreams up a new way to enforce or
>>>> efficiently verify CID/ANI and the big boys actually implement it this
>>>> isn't likely to change.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Digital signatures?  a la RSA?
>>
>> Clever, agile, and very ingenious and all-around open-source affirmative
>> of you.  But you might have missed the "big boys actually implement it"
>> part.  :-)
>>
>> --
>> Alex Balashov
>> Evariste Systems
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>>
>
> Well a government mandate would make the "Big Boys actually implement it."
>
> Let me spoof NSA with DHS ANI and visa versa using WiFi and a hacked
> asterisk box.
>
> E911 was mandated and is semi functional, the government just has to
> step in.  They only step in when there are votes on the line or money
> (and occasionally public safety, usually for PR reasons)
>
> Thanks,
> Steve Totaro
>
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