[Asterisk-Users] VoIP hackers gut Caller ID

[Kevin Walsh]

Adam Hart [adam at teragen.com.au] wrote:
> Chris Foster wrote:
> > The Register is carrying a article written by Kevin Poulsen of
> > Securtiy Focus, calling asterisk  "..the most powerful tool for
> > manipulating and accessing CPN data.."
> > 
> > I hope NuFone doesn't drop asterisk-set-able callerid's after this
> > article; i've been wanting that feature from voicepluse for a long
> > time.
> >
> These kind of things will be reason (excuse) for Voip to be regulated
>
Perhaps service providers who allow the Caller*ID to be set should
insist that customers provide evidence that they own the phone numbers
that they want to publish, and then limit the customers' choices to
only the numbers in their approved list.  Calling the customer on the
provided number(s) would be an easy way to check, and a setup fee
could be levied to cover the provider's time and expenses, if required.

Being able to discover a "blocked" Caller*ID is another matter.  Both
are good areas for regulation.

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