[Asterisk-Users] VoIP hackers gut Caller ID

[tpanton at attglobal.net]

Because if p2p voip means i get the
 same volume of junk phonecalls as i 
 currently do spam emails
i am not even going to _think_ about
adopting it.

We _need_ authentification.

"Steve Totaro" <asterisk at totarotechnologies.com> wrote:
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>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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