[Asterisk-Dev] OMG THE SKY IS FALLING!! NOT!!!

[Jennifer Archer]

True or the weather can! We had our line short with another line, i could
talk to my neighbor, she was talking to someone else, the 3rd party couldn't
hear me but the neighbor could. strange stuff..

Sincerely,


Steve McMahon
Digital DataBits Innovations
Salem, OR  97301
Office:   (503)371-6448 Ext. 2
Cellular: (503)881-6828
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steven Critchfield" <critch at basesys.com>
To: <asterisk-dev at lists.digium.com>
Sent: Friday, May 14, 2004 11:57 AM
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Dev] OMG THE SKY IS FALLING!! NOT!!!


> On Fri, 2004-05-14 at 13:29, Jennifer Archer wrote:
> > I think land lines are just as easy to hack into as sip (and probally
easier
> > than sip) but... consider this... walk down the street, open the #$%^ CO
BOX
> > gain access to the F1 F2 F3 whatever bridge it onto a unused pair of
> > wires...  and run a line to your house, what have you just done?
hijacked
> > someone elses line(s) ... and anyone who can put a battery in a remote
> > control could easily hijack a land line.  SIP ... Who knows how to
hijack a
> > sip call? I dont... but... someone will figure it out, and someone will
make
> > it more secure when it becomes a widespread problem.
>
> Sometimes the telco does this for you. While living with my mom, I had a
> ISDN line. When I moved out it was decommissioned. A few years later, my
> mom wanted a extra line for her internet access. As the drop was already
> there, she just ordered the circuit. On the day it was to be turned up,
> I wired up the internals for her. Shortly after it was wired up, the
> line rang. I picked up the line and was surprised to be in a three way
> call with a budy up the street and a friend who was calling him. Talk
> about security, my friend had the line for more than a year and it was
> also terminated at my mothers house more than a block away also.
> -- 
> Steven Critchfield  <critch at basesys.com>
>
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