[Asterisk-Users] VoIP hackers gut Caller ID

[Steve Totaro]

why regulate?  nobody regulates the return address on a letter sent via
USPS.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kevin Walsh" <kevin at cursor.biz>
To: <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 10:00 AM
Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] VoIP hackers gut Caller ID


> 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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