[Asterisk-Dev] SS7 for *

[Linus Surguy]

>> This is presuming, of course, that your SS7 connectivity provider demands 
>> that you run an approved SS7 stack :-) I can't imagine any legitimate 
>> telco doing otherwise...
>
> Why should they require approval? Its really quite bogus. Hardware 
> approval is important for safety considerations. However, if their network 
> can be harmed by your software they have a terrorist attack problem. 
> Little on the Telco's side has been approved, and they freely change stuff 
> at any time. Telcos have woken up to this in recent years, and attitudes 
> have changed. As I said, its a few years since I put something through 
> approvals. We will see.

Certainly in the UK, you cannot connect to British Telecom with SS#7 unless 
you are operating an approved switch, i.e. an approved software build & 
hardware build - and we've been through this process.

Mind you, as * today is concerned then it is not important anyway, as BT 
only allow BT-IUP or UK-ISUP SS#7 and not ETSI-ISUP.

Linus